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Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor of Media Culture and Communication at New York University, speaks on “Freedom and the Global South: The Legacy of Black Reconstruction” as part of GIPCA’s Great Texts on Thursday 23 May 2013. In 1935 WEB Du Bois published his monumental work Black Reconstruction. More than just a history of Reconstruction after the abolition of slavery (1865-77), … [Read more...] about Leading int. academic Nicholas Mirzoeff on Du Bois at Great Texts

About six months ago, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, made a comment in a Google forum thread that links within press releases won’t “benefit your rankings.” Since then, Search Engine Land showed one case where Google not only discovers the links within typical press releases but uses the anchor text for ranking purposes. Maybe it was one fluke, or maybe that … [Read more...] about Proof that Google Counts Press Release Links

The Department of Labour announced on 8 May 2013 that amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) had been accepted by Parliament. The Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill is now set to become law and will increase the power of the Minister of Labour, prohibit certain conduct by employers and streamline the enforcement of the Act. Johan Botes, Director … [Read more...] about The Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill set to become law

Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel announced on Tuesday that the Competition Commission would investigate the private healthcare sector on charges of high charges and market distortions. According to Nick Altini, Director and head of the Competition practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, “In April this year the market enquiry provisions in the Competition Amendment Act … [Read more...] about Market enquiry provision to be used to investigate healthcare sector

Evan Binge of Fourways in Johannesburg became the first South African skateboarder to win a wildcard entry for the amateur contest at this year’s Maloof Money Cup skateboarding world championships. Binge pulled out all the stops and impressed the judges with his skills on the first stop of the Skateboarding for Hope tour at the Boogaloos Skate Park in Randburg. This community … [Read more...] about FOURWAYS SKATEBOARDER WINS ENTRY INTO WORLD CHAMPS