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Water restrictions in Tshwane as heatwave causeswater shortage

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Residents of Tshwane have been restricted from filling their swimming pools, washing their vehicles with hosepipes and watering their gardens with a hose or sprinkler systems between 06:00am and 18:00pm. The City said it was implementing the water restrictions amid a water shortage in some areas caused by the ongoing heatwave. "The heatwave has seen the water demand constantly increasing, thus resulting in the reservoirs across the City operating at very low levels," said spokesperson, Selby Bokaba. Bokaba said the restrictions would be implemented with immediate effect and would remain in place until further notice.

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Heatwave, drought and water shedding have engulfed us all at once. But there is only one item that could've been avoided by our government. Lets hope the government's water preservation strategy will get us out this mess soon. Tshwane Mayor Sputla Ramokgopa doesn't stop to impress me with his forward thinking leadership. Tshwane launched the Metro Police application that will assist them with response turn around time. Well done Tshwane and its leadership.

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City unveils another technological achievement

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The City of Tshwane acknowledged the Tshepo 10 000 top achievers at the Tshwane Metro Police Headquarters on 6 November 2015. The Tshepo 10 000 programme was launched in 2013 by Cllr Ramokgopa. It seeks to provide jobs and enhance skills development among unemployed youth in Tshwane. The University of Pretoria, ABSA, the National Youth Development Agency and the Gauteng Enterprise Propeller are the other stakeholders in the programme. The top achievers were selected based on the contracts they had received as cooperatives, the number of people they had employed and the level of career progress that had been achieved. Today, the City is proud to announce that more than R380 million worth of contracts were awarded to the beneficiaries of Tshepo 10 000. During the event, the Executive Mayor declared that a representative of each top ten cooperative would be taken to Kenya to learn about skills development and financial management in order to take their cooperatives to the highest level. The MMC for Economic Development, Cllr Subesh Pillay, appealed to those who would get the opportunity to visit Kenya to make sure that they go there to look for business and not leisure. Three cooperatives were given the opportunity to tell their success stories. Lebogang Maaga of Lesedi T ten K was delighted to announce that they are now able to look after their families and have created 64 jobs.

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The City of Tshwane unveiled yet another significant technological milestone on 11 November. The Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa, unveiled the first phase of the Namola application, an innovative crime fighting solution that assists Tshwane Metro Police officers to respond faster to crime incidents. The application is a software solution designed for the Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department. It (1) creates a complementary communication link between officers on the ground and the control room; (2) promotes police accountability and performance; and (3) gives citizens a direct link to their nearest police officers. The introduction of this revolutionary application means that "average dispatch times are reduced from 2 minutes 38 seconds to 11 seconds, a 13 times improvement," said Ramokgopa. Tablets installed in TMPD patrol vehicles create a parallel communication channel between the control room and the officers on the ground. This link enables the control room to send photos and written descriptions of stolen vehicles and persons of interest to all or selected vehicles. "The exploitation of this new knowledge would not be possible without the involvement of the private sector. The Namola is another ground breaking product we have introduced with the help of Project Isizwe to report and attend to crime scenes at the touch of a button. The added benefit of this wonderful tool is that it accommodates the voiceless and less literate groups to use their power to report incidents without difficulty. Indeed, the partnership with Project Isizwe has enabled the City to ignite wonderful things for its populace," said Ramokgopa. Project Isizwe CEO, Alan Craig-Knott, said the commitment of the political leaders made this milestone possible. "With their support, the next logical extension is to roll out the massively powerful tool to all emergency services." The launch also highlighted the City's ground breaking free Wi-Fi project, which hit a major milestone of one million unique connections on 28 October 2015. The Tshwane Free Wi-Fi service is the largest government funded public free Wi-Fi in South Africa and as enabled over one million unique users to get online since its launch in November 2013, logging over 40,4 million connections to date. "We are drawing a demographic dividend from our youth who are now able to engage in rich deep conversations with the City and provide meaningful feedback at the touch of a button," added Ramokgopa.

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Spring-clean Your Business and Bear the Fruits of Increased Efficiencies

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As the year draws to a close - the time may come when you should look at cleaning out those old files and do a recon. Spring in South Africa comes at a time when the festive season is around the corner and consumers are beginning to think about holidays. For the small business owner, who also happens to be the financial manager and fulfil a number of other jobs in his business, spring is the time to get down to basics and prepare the business for the busy time ahead. It is easy when getting involved with the many things that have to be done in a business to lose focus, says Ethel Nyembe, Head of Small Enterprise at Standard Bank. However, it pays once in a while to stop, check on the business and plan your way forward. Ideally, at least five activities should form part of a business spring-clean, says Nyembe. These are:1. Checking and reviewing stock on hand - Stock lying on a shelf or in a storeroom is money that is being non-productive. Assess what sells well and increase the shelf space allocated to these items. Take stock that has been accumulating dust, reduce prices (but still keep a healthy profit margin built-in) and have a sale. There is no better time to have a sale then during a new season. Use the money you make to buy stock that sells quicker. You can also plan ahead and keep the focus year-round, by creating a sales sheet which helps you identify quickly what is selling and what is not and replenish stock accordingly.2. Streamlining your purchasing - Adopting a 'just in time' approach to ordering stock means that you get in stock just in time to sell it. You then don't have vast amounts of stock piled up waiting to be sold. This means that precious capital is preserved, cash flow is maximised and money can be retained for buying items that sell easily.3. Examining your payment systems - You can accelerate the cash flow in your business by making sure that you have all the options required to help your customers pay. It costs money to accept cash, drive to a bank and

manually pay it in to an account. The more point of sale options available for payments at your business, the better your service and collection of payments.4. Spring-clean your financials - Things to consider when spring-cleaning your cash flow and financial management are:•Checking your accounts. Where customers have accounts and have histories of being late payers, decide whether what they cost you in terms of delayed payment is worth it. Take steps to collect outstanding money and close accounts that haven't been used for some time. Get bad payers off your books.•Change payment terms and offer good customers discounts for early settlement of invoices.In these tough financial times, people and businesses are all trying to save money. Discounts help them and help you by boosting your collections, increase the health of your balance sheet and keep cash flow positive.•Approach your suppliers for extended payment terms – for example: Ask for 60 days instead of 30 days. This can help stabilise your cash flow. If they insist on a 30-day cycle, ask for a discount for early payment.•Look at the cycles your business goes through. If you have quiet periods during the year, consider applying for an overdraft that you can use to smooth out the trading bumps. It means that you don't have sleepless nights and you can meet your financial obligations.•Relook your operational costs. Examine everything from rentals, systems, phone, electricity and transport costs. Make cuts where you can, as these savings go straight to your bottom line.5.Examine the costs of replacing and upgrading equipment and consider new finance models. - Review your equipment needs and assess the service life you can still expect from these investments. You may find that some equipment is old and requires maintenance frequently or simply use too much power.

Having colleagues in the office you can socialise with is great. Coffee breaks are spent over conversations about the new guy you're swooning over or frustrations over your increasing workload. That's all wonderful, and it's vital for your well-being to have people you can celebrate the weekend rugby's happenings with. However, with long hours spent together (even after hours), it's easy for your colleague to cross the professional line, which can add a major dent to your friendship. Consider this scenario: Your colleague asks you to write a personal letter to your manager to put in a good word for her. Even though that you're uncomfortable with her request, it can be tricky to say no without coming across as abrasive. But, as the saying goes, “Straight talk breaks no friendship,” or office camaraderie, in this case. So next time your colleague asks for a favour – whether it's money, an introduction to your boss, to lie on his/her behalf – that you're not comfortable doing, use these guidelines to help you out of the awkward situation:Return the request with a kind but firm 'no'You can respond with: I've given your request some thought, and it doesn't sit well with me, so I'm going to say no. You can follow this with an alternative solution; one that's appropriate and that you're happy to do. For instance, if your colleague is asking for an introduction to your boss, you can give him/her some insider tips. You can say: If there's one thing you should know about my boss, it's that he loves [include a quality he'll appreciate]. To avoid history from repeating itself, consider these tips to prevent your

colleagues from crossing the office buddy line:Be careful of oversharingWith so many hours spent in each other's company, it can be hard for you and your colleagues not to confide in each other. However, when catching up turns to too much information and your colleague begins to share personal problems with you, you should try not to get overly involved. No one's saying you can't offer help where necessary. If you find that your colleague's problem is affecting their work performance, it might be best to refer them to HR for assistance. This way, you'll keep the issue at bay while lending a helping hand.Don't be afraid to call out your colleagueRegardless of your best efforts, it's possible that your colleague may still insist on sharing too much information about their personal life. If your actions don't make your feelings clear, be upfront and tell your colleague how you feel. You may say something along the lines of: I'd prefer if we kept our work and personal lives separate. You don't have to explain yourself. If you make your boundaries clearly known, people will generally respect them.Keep it professionalNo matter how you feel about your colleagues, always remember to keep things professional. Even if you aren't friends with your colleagues, you don't want to push people away when they might need your advice. Keep lines of communication open by engaging in conversations with your colleagues. By doing so, you're placing yourself as a considerate person with firm boundaries. And not somebody who says yes for the sake of it.-careers24.com

Movie: Love the CoopersCast: Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Olivia Wilde, Amanda SeyfriedDirector/s: Jessie Nelson

Love the Coopers, which squanders the likes of Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Alan Arkin, Olivia Wilde, June Squibb, Amanda Seyfried and Anthony Mackie in a Christmas comedy of numbing tedium and tackiness. Some entries in the largely undistinguished dysfunctional-family-holiday-film subgenre The Family Stone also with Keaton and Jodie Foster’s Home for the Holidays, to name two are watchable despite their forced zaniness and predictable emotional beats; the spectacle of attractive stars packed into the frame to act out universal problems (meddling parents, sibling rivalries, unfulfilled romantic and professional lives) has its charms and comforts. But occasionally one of these movies comes along and, in its total lack of wit and sincerity, makes you feel like the ultimate Scrooge. Love the Coopers, directed by Jessie Nelson (Corrina, Corrina; I Am Sam), is such a movie. Red flags abound from the beginning, as an off-screen narrator (Steve Martin) bombards us with cloyingly phrased background info on various members of the titular clan. Keaton (in full flibbertigibbet mode) and Goodman (looking half-awake) are Charlotte and Sam, a 60ish Pittsburgh couple on the verge of separation but determined to have one last Christmas with their kids and grandkids. The two spend most of the film bickering over some trip they never took for some reason. Pardon the lack of specifics; it may be the dullest conjugal dispute ever committed to screen. Ed Helms plays their divorced and recently unemployed son Hank, who has a few kids, including a sullen teenage boy (Timothee Chalamet) and a mischievous 5-year-old girl (Blake Baumgartner).

Artist: Album: UnbreakableGenre: PopYear Of Release: 2015

Unbreakable is structured as a double-sided album, splitting itself between “No Sleep” and “Dream Maker / Euphoria”. What’s more notable is that it peaks how a Jackson-in-her-prime album would. “Shoulda Known Better” rides atop electro-dance twitches and synthesizers to reach euphoria. It’s an ephemeral high. “Rhythm Nation” was a determinist’s anthem 26 years ago. Here, it’s a poignant reminder that the issues it was designed to march against still exist: “I had this great epiphany / And rhythm nation was the dream/ I guess next time I’ll know better.” “Broken Hearts Heal”, a sweet tribute to her late brother Michael, is followed up with infectious jubilation on “Night”. After the nighttime restraint of “No Sleeep”, “Dream Maker / Euphoria” kicks off side two with a Smokey Robinson-like cry before settling into a psychedelic, call-and-response groove.The album’s movements flow like natural metamorphosis rather than wild swings thanks to Jackson’s voice

Janet Jackson Artist: SealAlbum: 7Genre: RnB & SoulYear Of Release: 2015

After nine albums (seven self-penned, hence this album's title), Seal's rich, luxurious voice remains a reliable thing of wonder. 7, though, is his first album since the disintegration of his marriage to supermodel Heidi (pointedly the inner sleeve pictures are mainly Seal and his pups) and his sixth with superproducer Trevor Horn. As might be expected, it's a far from upbeat affair. The songs which appear to address his own situation, most notably the self-explanatory, marvellously overwrought The Big Love Has Died; the battered Padded Cell and the broken Daylight Saving bare the soulman's soul like never before, as Horn works wonders on the backdrops behind him.Elsewhere, the lyrical thrust is less direct, but he never sounds less than pained. Or less than convincing.

AUTHOR: Sue Hickey and Philippa SklaarTITLE: When Loving Him HurtsPUBLISHER: JACANA

When it comes to domestic abuse, the traditional thinking is: Why doesn’t he or she justleave? As friends and family members of abuse victims, we get frustrated with women (or men) who stay in theserelationships. We start to blame them for their abuse.But leaving is not always an option for most women in anabusive situation. Be it due to finances, their children or the fact that they are not yet emotionally strong enough, many women end up staying in these relationships. A new book by experienced therapist Sue Hickey and Philippa Sklaar, a survivor of domestic abuse, is delivering a new message: “You don’t have to leave, but you do have to change.” To many, this might seem like an outrageous message. Surely staying makes you complicit in your own abuse? But Hickey believes that unless you are in a physically abusive relationship, there are ways to stay in a relationship without participating in your own abuse. It is a process of reclaiming your self-esteem, curtailing your dependence on your abuser and healing yourself.


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Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been discharged from the hospital where he was admitted on Friday for a check-up after feeling unwell, his former publicist and confidant Klaus Stoelhker said. "He had to stay a few days in hospital but now he is out, he is at home in (the canton of) Valais. He is very happy and he is relaxing a few days until the beginning of next week and then he will be back," Stoelhker said in an interview on Thursday. -Sports24.co.za

Khune set for surgery

Kaizer Chiefs physiotherapist David Milner confirmed that Itumeleng Khune is set to undergo surgery on his injured knee. According to Kaizer Chiefs official , Milner confirmed that Khune will go under the knife on where doctors will be hoping to repair his torn meniscus. “Itumeleng Khune re-injured his knee during training last week,” said Milner. The goalkeeper will undergo surgery on his torn meniscus on Friday, November 13. As a result of the injury, Khune was withdrawn from the Bafana Bafana squad that will face Angola in two FIFA World Cup qualifying encounters. Milner also revealed that David Zulu is nearing his return to the Amakhosi fold as he started light training. “David Zulu has started running and is doing some jumps,” said Milner. “He is progressing well and should be back to full training in December.” -Sports24.co.za

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Ex-Bok on why Heyneke

must fallFormer Springbok captain Wynand Claassen has explained why he opted to circulate a letter among ex-Boks to support the sacking of Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer. Sport24 reported at the weekend that Claassen and former scrumhalf Divan Serfontein circulated a hard-hitting letter under a heading “Heyneke Must Fall” among dozens of former Springboks. Claassen and Serfontein called for concerted action to ensure that Meyer's four-year contract is not renewed when the SA Rugby Union (SARU) executive meets early next month after the Springboks finished in third place at the Rugby World Cup. Claassen spoke to Cape Talk on Wednesday explaining their reasons. “What really instigated this for Divan and myself to send a letter to all the ex-Springboks is because of newspaper reports that SA Rugby has already offered him (Meyer) a new contract and a lot of the presidents of the South African rugby provinces don't know about it,” said Claassen.

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