As part of a broader strategy aimed at developing stronger ties between the UK and South African markets, a number of key industry representatives recently joined President Jacob Zuma on his state visit to the UK.
The industries that formed part of the delegation included Agriculture, BPO (Business Process Outsourcing), Financial, IT, Mining and Telecoms.
According to [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Trade Mission highlights BPO opportunities for SA
@lantic lowers uncapped ADSL costs
@lantic announced on Friday that they will offer 3 uncapped products including ADSL line and uncapped data bundles all of which will be managed on the Vox Telecom infrastructure. These offers include the monthly Telkom ADSL line rental component which amounts to R152 on a 384k line.
According to Dederick Venter, Marketing Director of @lantic, the [...]
BPeSA Western Cape creates 310 jobs for call centre industry
BPeSA Western Cape has launched a new Skills Development Learnership Programme which has created 310 jobs for the call centre industry this year. The programme follows on from the highly successful CADET Learnership.
Host companies include: Kelly, Sell Direct, Direct Axis, MBD, G326, WFS, Nimble Group, ADT and Quest.
“Previously we offered generic training, but after careful [...]
Skills shortage easing, but public and private sectors must do more, says Tellumat
The acute shortage of skills in the hi-tech sector is easing off, but more extensive training programmes must be introduced to keep the technology sector pumping.
The skills crunch has eased as the global recession saw many foreign opportunities dry up, and that slowed down South Africa’s brain drain, says Tellumat CEO Rasheed Hargey. Many [...]




