Q&A Sessions: The choral master of tax
20 May 2021
No nonsense: Edward Kieswetter says ‘the actors of state capture, until today, still have their tentacles everywhere’, even in the revenue service. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, head of the South African Revenue Service, will not tolerate any political interference at the tax authority.Once voted SA’s best boss, he tells Lynn James about growing up in Cape Town and his love of music – he is a choral conductor and red wine
You initially studied electrical engineering you hold three master’s degrees and your field of study includes maths, science and education. What motivated you to study this broadly?
Sunday, 16 May 2021, 07:58 Bursary recipient Maphindela Sabela is now a Trainee Manager at Checkers Jukskei Park.
NATIONAL NEWS - The Shoprite Group has opened bursary applications for Retail Business Management and Pharmacy students for the 2022 academic year.
Registered university students with a 65% aggregate or higher are encouraged to apply via the Group’s Bursary and Graduate Opportunities page before 30 June 2021.
Upon successful graduation, Retail Business Management and Pharmacy students will have guaranteed jobs at Africa’s largest retailer, with strong career growth prospects.
In the 2020 academic year, the group spent R17,3m on its bursary programme and supported 271 students, including 191 from previously disadvantaged backgrounds, of which 150 students are females.
Gauteng parents attend maths classes to help their children with homework
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Ekurhuleni parents in Gauteng are attending maths master classes in order to assist their children with mathematics homework.
The initiative by consultancy company WeSolve4X, aims to help elevate the pass rate in township schools. The company’s tutoring model is based on “Maths plus Parents minus Hunger equals to success, (Maths + Parents-Hunger = Success)”. With a three-step approach programme that covers the topics, navigating the textbook and encouraging pupils to practice.
“Our team has been blessed to work with parents who attend our master class aimed at making mathematics homework more manageable at home,” the company said.
Monwabisi Matinise was arrested following the torching of the historic St Mark’s Anglican Church on the District Six campus of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in 2017.
For Sibulele Siko-Shosha, founder of The Dumile Group, storytelling is the pulse that connects people. And she should know.
Her media career started in journalism when, after freelancing for Move Magazine she moved on to become content manager for African Leader and Acumen Magazine. In 2007, she become the youngest and first black female editor of business publication, Black Business Quarterly.
Three
years later, she launched her own company, Dumile Brand Boutique, and after
that, Siko-Shosha branched out into the the production side of broadcasting and
advertising, founding The Narrators Africa. She already has Cape Town’s first
prime time drama on Mzansi Magic, Nkululeko, under her belt, which aired on