The big news on the science and technology front is NASA's Curiosity rover, in a scientific and technological tour de force, has
landed successfully on Mars after a journey of about 800 million kilometres. It's also started sending pictures back - and we publish one of the first of them.
So it's all going to be OK then? The Presidency has assured everyone that
education remains a top priority for government. Apparently "The president will not rest until he gets to the bottom of the crisis and finds lasting solutions, working with his cabinet who feel equally strongly about the need to ensure that this does not recur." He's in Jamaica at the moment, by the way...
This should cheer up Cosatu... A
youth study has vindicated SA's labour brokers and researchers also found that, shock and horror..."no evidence that people employed by labour brokers earned wages significantly lower than was typical or were employed in sectors of the economy considered less desirable." Still on the HR front,
local government has warned that unqualified staff cannot be fired. Brilliant... you can be unqualified, unskilled, incompetent, but you're safe. No wonder service delivery is what it is. But on a much brighter note,
Bizcommunity.com has revamped the recruitment business.
Finally,
SANParks has upped their game in the battle to save our rhinos. The first group of 150 new game rangers promised to the Kruger National Park (KNP) to boost efforts against rhino poaching has been deployed.
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City Lodge Hotels (CLH) on Tuesday (31 July 2012) said diluted/undiluted headline and basic earnings per share for the year ended June 30‚ which include the costs and effects of its black economic empowerment (BEE) deal‚ are anticipated to be between 36% and 40% higher than the previous year. 
Camdeboo Spa, at the African Pride Irene Country Lodge, Centurion has been recognised as a Spa of Distinction at the 2012 Les Nouvelles Esthétiques South African Spa Awards - one of only two spas on the African continent to be so honoured. 
Mauritius is a favourite international getaway for South Africans, four hours away by regular airline flights and a household name for its wide range of luxury resorts. Sun Resorts has also signed an agreement for the lease of Ambre Resort & Spa, a 4-star hotel located in on Belle Mare Bay on the sheltered east coast effective from October 2012, so start planning that breakaway... 
Mango Airlines has welcomed its sixth new generation Boeing 737-800 to its fleet, launched an optimised schedule with increased frequencies on its routes, while the first week of August signals the final stretch of the G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi beta period. Five of the airline's six aircraft are now enabled with the service with the sixth scheduled to come online at the end of September. 
When travel went online it experienced fewer barriers to entry than most sectors as direct consumer exchanges, site aggregation, booking services and even airline ticket purchasing could easily be facilitated through online channels. This was largely because the end-user was coming to the product rather than waiting for a commodity to be delivered to them. 
Since its launch in 2001, Bizcommunity has always seen the benefit for our readers of having industry jobs available on the site, as well as the benefit to companies looking for applicants and recruiters and recruitment agencies having a targeted audience pool to search for good quality applicants and CVs. 
South Africa remains in the top 15 'long-haul' business events destinations in the world and is the premier business events destination in Africa, says Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk. 
South African Airways (SAA) is introducing a new check-in baggage policy in response to varying customer requirements in each of its markets. The policy aligns with most of the larger Star Alliance member carriers ensuring a transparent and consistent set of rules across SAA and other Star Alliance network. 
