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A f r i c a 1 0 independent OCTOBER 25 2015 THE SUNDAY Human Communications 122510 Audit Committee Member One (1) Member: Auditing or Accounting or ICT Portfolios Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates to be appointed as a Member of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s Audit Committee. In accordance with Section 38 of the PFMA, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation seeks to appoint a suitably qualified professional to serve as an Audit Committee Member from 1 December 2015 on a three-year term contract. Applications are invited from the various fields of professions that will add value to the Department. Professional membership registration as a Chartered Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Information Systems Auditor is compulsory. Experience in serving as an Audit Committee Member or governance structure in a Government institution will be an advantage. The Member will be remunerated in terms of the approved Departmental Arrangements in line with Treasury Regulations. For full details of the advertised post, including how to apply and other relevant information, please visit the Department's website: [email protected] (bottom of website page under "Links") Closing date: 6 November 2015 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Non-profit Organisations (NPOs) to Implement Social and Behaviour Change Programme for the 2015/16 Financial Year The National Department of Social Development is calling on interested Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) to implement social and behaviour change programmes to reduce vulnerabilities to HIV&AIDS among 15- to 24-year old youth. Eligibility Criteria: ͻ TŚĞ NPO ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ NŽŶͲ profit Organisations Act, No 71 of 1997, as amended, and produce the NPO Registration Certificate, which will be verified for validity with the NPO DŝƌĞĐƚŽƌĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ DĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ SŽĐŝĂů DĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ͻ TŚĞ NPO must originate and be operational in the provinces within which they are applying for funding and have linkage with local NPOs or Home-/ CŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJͲďĂƐĞĚ CĂƌĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ ;HCBCͿ ͻ TŚĞ NPO ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ extensive experience in the HIV&AIDS field as well as social and behaviour ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ ͻ TŚĞ NPO ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ͻ TŚĞ NPO ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ community development, social facilitation and community mobilisation ͻ IŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ Ăůů ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďͲĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽǀŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ NPO must be willing to partner with local HCBC to implement the SBC ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ ͻ TŚĞ NPO ŵƵƐƚ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ďLJ ƐƵĐŚ HCBCƐ ͻ TŚĞ NPO ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ sound financial systems in place that comply with the Public Finance MĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ AĐƚ ;PFMAͿ ͻ TŚĞ NPO ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ ŐĂƚŚĞƌ ĚĂƚĂ ĐŽŵƉŝůĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉŝůĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ͻ TŚĞ NPO ŵƵƐƚ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞ ŝŶ Ă ŵƵůƚŝƐĞĐƚŽƌĂů ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ͻ AƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐ ŵƵƐƚ comply with the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) to ensure sound ĨŝŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ ͻ Aůů ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ funding must be done using the Department’s application forms (ie the ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƉůĂŶͿ ͻ Aůů ƐĞĐƚŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ĨƵůůLJ ĂŶĚ comprehensively completed. There will be briefing sessions, which will be held at each of the Provincial Offices (see the Terms of Reference for dates and venues). All proposals must be deposited in the tender boxes at the respective addresses provided in the Terms of Reference at 12:00 on 25 November 2015. Proposals received after the closing date will not be considered. A soft copy of the call for proposals, Terms of Reference and all other documentation is obtainable from the Department’s website at www.dsd.gov.za Enquiries: Project Managers: Dr Luzile Nziyane, tel. (012) 312-7110 or Ms Kgomotso Matsho, tel. (012) 312-7125 Human Communications 122517 DSD supports persons with disabilities www.humanjobs.co.za Human Communications 122538 NŽƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ PƵďůŝĐ OƵƚƌĞĂĐŚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ SƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĐ EŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů AƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ SŚĂůĞ GĂƐ DĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ TŚĞ DĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ EŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů AīĂŝƌƐ ŚĂƐ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ Ă ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ƚĞĂŵ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ CŽƵŶĐŝů ĨŽƌ SĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ĂŶĚ IŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů RĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƚŚĞ SŽƵƚŚ AĨƌŝĐĂŶ NĂƟŽŶĂů BŝŽĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ IŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ CŽƵŶĐŝů ĨŽƌ GĞŽƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬĞ Ă SƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĐ EŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů AƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƐŚĂůĞ ŐĂƐ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ AƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚƌĞĂĐŚ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ďƌŝĞĮŶŐ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌĞĚ ƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞĚ TŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ PƌŽǀŝŶĐĞ T ŽǁŶ VĞŶƵĞ DĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ TŝŵĞ PĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ EĂƐƚĞƌŶ Cape GƌĂĂīͲ RĞŝŶĞƚ MĂƐŝnjĂŬŚĞ CŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ HĂůů BĂĂƌƚŵĂŶ SƋƵĂƌĞ MŽŶĚĂLJ ϵ NŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϱ ϭϲϬϬ Ͳ ϭϵϬϬ PƵďůŝĐ ďƌŝĞĮŶŐ NŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ Cape VŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ WĞƐƚ VŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ WĞƐƚ T ŽǁŶ HĂůů CŚƵƌĐŚ SƚƌĞĞƚ TƵĞƐĚĂLJ ϭϬ NŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϱ ϭϲϬϬ Ͳ ϭϵϬϬ PƵďůŝĐ ďƌŝĞĮŶŐ WĞƐƚĞƌŶ Cape BĞĂƵĨŽƌƚ WĞƐƚ RƵƐƚĚĞŶĞ CŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ HĂůů ĚĞ VƌŝĞƐ SƚƌĞĞƚ WĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJ ϭϭ NŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϱ ϭϲϬϬ Ͳ ϭϵϬϬ PƵďůŝĐ ďƌŝĞĮŶŐ WĞƐƚĞƌŶ Cape Cape T ŽǁŶ T Ž ďĞ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ǀŝĂ ĞͲŵĂŝů ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌĞĚ ƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌƐ FƌŝĚĂLJ ϭϯ NŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϱ ϭϬϯϬ Ͳ ϭϱϯϬ RĞŐŝƐƚĞƌĞĚ ƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌ SŚŽƵůĚ LJŽƵ ǁŝƐŚ ƚŽ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌ ĂƐ Ă ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌ Žƌ ƚŽ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ CĂƉĞ T ŽǁŶ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ Ăƚ ŚƩƉƐĞĂƐŐĚĐƐŝƌ ĐŽnjĂ FŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚƌĞĂĐŚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ;ǁŚĞƌĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĂƐŬĞĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐĂůůLJͿ Žƌ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ MƐ MĞŐĂŶ ĚĞ JĂŐĞƌ Žƌ Mƌ AŶĚŝůĞ DůƵĚůĂ Ăƚ ;ϬϮϭͿ ϴϴϴͲϮϰϴϮ NŽƟĐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀŝƚĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ AŶŶƵĂů GĞŶĞƌ Ăů MĞĞƟŶŐ ;AGMͿ NŽƟĐĞ ŝƐ ŚĞƌĞďLJ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ Ăůů SĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ SĞĐƚŽƌ EĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ T ƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ AƵƚŚŽƌŝƚLJ ;SSETAͿ ƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ AŶŶƵĂů GĞŶĞƌĂů MĞĞƟŶŐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ DĂƚĞ ϯϬ NŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϱ VĞŶƵĞ BŝƌĐŚǁŽŽĚ HŽƚĞů ĂŶĚ OR T ĂŵďŽ CŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ CĞŶƚƌĞ ϭϰ VŝĞǁ PŽŝŶƚ RŽĂĚ BŽŬƐďƵƌŐ EŬƵƌŚƵůĞŶŝ Ͳ GĂƵƚĞŶŐ PƌŽǀŝŶĐĞ TŝŵĞ ϭϴŚϬϬ TŚĞ ĂŐĞŶĚĂ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ AGM ǁŝůů ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŵĂŶĚĂƚŽƌLJ ŝƚĞŵƐ ϭ PƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ SSETA AŶŶƵĂů RĞƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰϭϱ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ AŶŶƵĂů FŝŶĂŶĐŝĂů SƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚƐ Ϯ TŚĞ RĞƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ AƵĚŝƚŽƌͲGĞŶĞƌĂů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ SĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ SETA Y ŽƵƌ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŚŝŐŚůLJ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞĚ PůĞĂƐĞ RSVP ďLJ ϮϬ NŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϱ ƚŽ ƉƌΛƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐĞƚĂŽƌŐnjĂ FŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ Dƌ SŝLJĂďŽŶŐĂ NĚĂďĞnjŝƚŚĂ Ăƚ ƐŝLJĂďŽŶŐĂŶΛƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐĞƚĂŽƌŐnjĂ ǁǁǁ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐĞƚĂŽƌŐnjĂ Human Communications 122551 INVITATION TO TENDER Tender No Description Required At DAC 06-15/16 Appointment of a service provider to roll-out community conversation for the 2015/16 to 2018/19 financial year Department of Arts and Culture, 8th Floor, Kingsley Centre, cnr Steve Biko and Stanza Bopape Streets, Arcadia, Pretoria Enquiries: Dr A Serote, tel. (012) 441-3120 or e-mail: [email protected] or Mr T Thubisi, tel. (012) 441-3089 or e-mail: [email protected] Closing date: 6 November 2015 at 11:00 Human Communications 122543 INVITATION TO TENDER Tender No Description Required At DAC 07-15/16 Appointment of a service provider to conceptualise and execute the South African Exhibition at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy from May to November 2016 Department of Arts and Culture, 8th Floor, Kingsley Centre, cnr Steve Biko and Stanza Bopape Streets, Arcadia, Pretoria Enquiries: Mr A Oberholzer, tel. (012) 441-3611 or e-mail: [email protected] or Ms R Zulu, tel. (012) 441-3089 or e-mail: Refi[email protected] Closing date: 13 November 2015 at 11:00 Sport and Recreation South Africa has the following vacancies available: No Position Salary Level and Notch Reference 1 Director: School Sport 13 R864 177 pa (to be structured in terms of the Senior Management Services Handbook) 01/10/2015 2 Deputy Director: School Sport 11 R569 538 pa (to be structured in terms of the Middle Management Services Guidelines) 02/10/2015 3 Deputy Director: Expenditure Management 11 R569 538 pa (to be structured in terms of the Middle Management Services Guidelines) 03/10/2015 4 Senior Sport and Recreation Coordinator: Club Development 9 R289 761 pa 04/10/2015 5 Senior Sport and Recreation Coordinator: Competitive Programmes 9 R289 761 pa 05/10/2015 6 State Accountant: Budgeting and Reporting 8 R243 747 pa 06/10/2015 7 Sport and Recreation Coordinator: International Relations 7 R196 278 pa 07/10/2015 8 PA to Chief Director: Communication (5-year contract, linked to the term of the Chief Director: Communication) 7 R196 278 pa 08/10/2015 9 Secretary (2 Positions) Director: Management and Administration and Director: Policy and Research 5 R132 399 pa 09/10/2015 10 Accounting Clerk: Budgeting and Reporting 5 R132 399 pa 10/10/2015 Interested and qualifying applicants may access our website at www.srsa.gov.za for further particulars of each position. Please note: All candidates must be South African Citizens or Permanent Residents. All positions are based in Pretoria. Short-listed candidates will be vetted and the appointments will be subject to positive vetting results. We encourage all applicants to declare any criminal and/ or negative credit records. Sport and Recreation South Africa is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. It is our intention to promote representivity in the Department through the filling of posts and we reserve the right not to fill a position. Applications must be submitted on Form Z.83, obtainable from any Public Service department and should be accompanied by a comprehensive CV indicating three reference persons with the following information: Name and contact numbers as well as an indication of the capacity in which the reference is known to the candidate, certified copies of qualifications as well as a certified copy of an Identity Document and driver’s licence where required. Failure to submit all the required documents will lead to your application not being considered. Correspondence will be limited to successful candidates only. Short-listed candidates must avail themselves for an interview on a date and time and at a venue to be determined by Sport and Recreation South Africa. Please forward your application, quoting the relevant reference number, to the Human Resource Directorate, Sport and Recreation South Africa, Private Bag X896, Pretoria 0001. No faxed or e-mailed applications will be accepted. For hand deliveries: 66 Regent Place, cnr Queen and Madiba Streets, Pretoria. Each application must be accompanied by the relevant documentation as indicated above. Closing date: 13 November 2015 at 16:00 If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. An active and winning nation www.srsa.gov.za www.humanjobs.co.za Human Communications 121348 Bombs at mosques kill 47 in Nigeria L A N R E O L A , E M M A A N D E A N D I S S A C L I N U S AT LEAST 37 people were killed and 107 wounded on Friday in two bomb attacks at mosques in Nige- ria’s restive north-east, where Boko Haram has been trying to carve out an Islamic state, officials and medics said. No one claimed responsibility but the attacks bore the hallmarks of the militant group, which has killed thousands and displaced over two million people in the remote north-east of Africa’s most popu- lous nation. A bomb went off during Friday prayers at a packed mosque in a sub- urb of Yola, capital of Adamawa state, killing 27 people, Alhaji Saad Bello, state co-ordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema), told Reuters. “Ninety-six people are now receiving treatment in the two hos- pitals in Yola here,” he added. “I can- not really say whether it was a sui- cide bomber or not.” Alhaji Abubakar Jimeta, a sur- vivor, said the mosque had attracted many worshippers for Friday prayers because it had only been built recently. The bomb exploded in an adjacent parking lot. Separately, a suicide bombing during dawn prayers at a mosque in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, north of Yola, killed at least 10 peo- ple, a hospital source said. Another 11 had been wounded. Borno is the birthplace of the Boko Haram insurgency and has been the focus of attacks by suspect- ed members of the militant Islamist group that have killed around 1 000 people since President Muham- madu Buhari took office in May. Since losing most of the territo- ry it took over earlier this year to the Nigerian army, Boko Haram has reverted to hitting soft targets such as markets, bus stations and places of worship. – Reuters Election fever as Tanzania goes polling F L O R E N C E M U G A R U L A A LMOST 23 million Tanza- nians will today partici- pate in the election exer- cise that will determine the nation’s leadership in the coming five years. Voters will elect the president, MPs and local government council- lors. A total of eight candidates are running for the presidential post. High competition is expected between the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidential candidate John Pombe Magufuli and former pre- mier Edward Lowassa, contesting through Chadema. The CCM has been in power for more than 50 years now. It is the old- est ruling party in Africa. Religious leaders, international community, leaders of political par- ties and government leaders at dif- ferent times have been asking the public to remain calm and maintain the country’s peace during and after the election exercise. Long lines of voters are expected to stream into polling places for the historic vote after more than two months of highly competitive cam- paigns all over the country. More than 65 000 polling centres have been set up by the National Electoral Commission (NEC). According to NEC lawyer Em- manuel Kawishe, the NEC has already distributed all required elec- toral equipment to all polling cen- tres in the country. According to the NEC, polling centres will be opened at 7am and returning officers will stop receiving voters at 4pm. At a time when the NEC finalis- es election procedures, political par- ties ended their campaign with bangs in various parts of the coun- try. The CCM wound up its cam- paign yesterday by holding histori- cal rallies in seven regions – Mwanza, Mbeya, Kigoma, Mara, Tanga, Kilimanjaro and Mtwara. CCM campaign spokesman Janu- ary Makamba said both retired and serving party officials had partici- pated fully by addressing rallies in various regions. The election campaigns were officially closed at 6pm yesterday countrywide. The inspector-general of police, Ernest Mangu, warned on Thursday that police would not hes- itate to take legal measures against any person who held a meeting after the official closing time. Meanwhile, Reuters reports that Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara wrapped up his re-election campaign on Friday with a star- studded concert in the commercial capital Abidjan, calling on his sup- porters to turn out massively to vote amid fears many would stay at home. Ouattara is heavily favoured to win today’s ballot, meant to draw a line under a decade-long crisis which ended in a brief 2011 civil war that killed more than 3 000 people. ‘Hamstrung’SADC inquiry ends hearings B A S I L D O N P E T A MPAPHI Phumaphi, the tough Motswana judge heading the Southern African Development Community’s commission of inquiry into the crisis in Lesotho, has wrapped up his work, frustrated at what he says has been a lack of co-operation by the government of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. Judge Phumaphi announced this week that he was prematurely conclud- ing the hearings after failing to get a number of soldiers to appear before the commission to shed light on goings-on in the Lesotho Defence Force. Actions by the military are seen as having been central to the political crisis. Since the commission began sitting on August 31, Judge Phumaphi has launched broadsides against Lesotho government leaders for what he says are evasiveness and a lack of co-operation. He said the commission was worried that government leaders who had appeared before it expressed ignorance about things they would be expected to know as people in office. Such intransi- gence would scupper efforts to arrive at helpful findings, he said. “I am worried and a bit disappointed,” he said in questioning Deputy Prime Minister Methotjoa Metsing’s “unhelpful” and “evasive” testimony. Lesotho descended into chaos follow- ing the return of Mosisili and his coalition to power after the February 28 elections and the ousting of then-prime minister Thomas Thabane. It was the murder of Maaparankoe Mahao – appointed head of the defence force after a coup attempt last year – on June 25, shortly after he had been replaced by his predecessor, that led to the inquiry. The ministers and senior military officials appeared before the commission, but key questions remained unanswered. This in part led the commission to subpoena the 23 soldiers accused of planning a mutiny, but the defence force high command refused to release them. The inquiry also failed to get 10 other serving soldiers to appear before it. In saying this week why he had no option but to end the hearings, Judge Phumaphi virtually implied Lesotho had become lawless. Mosisili accused the commission of violating its terms of reference and asked the SADC organ on defence and politics to call it to order. Ruling party candidate in tight race with former prime minister ARDENT: A s u p p o r t e r o f t h e C h a m a C h a M a p i n d u z i ( C C M ) p r e s i d e n t i a l c a n d i d a t e , J o h n P o m b e M a g u f u l i , c h e e r s d u r i n g a c a m p a i g n r a l l y i n D a r e s S a l a a m t h i s w e e k . 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In accordance with Section 38 of the PFMA, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation seeks to appoint a suitably qualified professional to serve as an Audit Committee Member from 1 December 2015 on a three-year term contract. Applications are invited from the various fields of professions that will add value to the Department.
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Appointment of a service provider to roll-out community conversation for the 2015/16 to 2018/19 financial year
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Sport and Recreation South Africa has the following vacancies available:
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01/10/2015
2 Deputy Director: School Sport 11R569 538 pa (to be structured in terms of the Middle Management Services Guidelines)
02/10/2015
3 Deputy Director: Expenditure Management
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4 Senior Sport and Recreation Coordinator: Club Development
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5 Senior Sport and Recreation Coordinator: Competitive Programmes
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6 State Accountant: Budgeting and Reporting
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Interested and qualifying applicants may access our website at www.srsa.gov.za for further particulars of each position.
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Applications must be submitted on Form Z.83, obtainable from any Public Service department and should be accompanied by a comprehensive CV indicating three reference persons with the following information: Name and contact numbers as well as an indication of the capacity in which the reference is known to the candidate, certified copies of qualifications as well as a certified copy of an Identity Document and driver’s licence where required. Failure to submit all the required documents will lead to your application not being considered. Correspondence will be limited to successful candidates only. Short-listed candidates must avail themselves for an interview on a date and time and at a venue to be determined by Sport and Recreation South Africa.
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Bombs atmosques kill47 in NigeriaL A N R E O L A , E M M A A N D E A N D I S S A C L I N U S
AT LEAST 37 people were killedand 107 wounded on Friday in twobomb attacks at mosques in Nige-ria’s restive north-east, where BokoHaram has been trying to carve outan Islamic state, officials andmedics said.
No one claimed responsibilitybut the attacks bore the hallmarksof the militant group, which haskilled thousands and displaced overtwo million people in the remotenorth-east of Africa’s most popu-lous nation.
A bomb went off during Fridayprayers at a packed mosque in a sub-urb of Yola, capital of Adamawastate, killing 27 people, Alhaji SaadBello, state co-ordinator of theNational Emergency ManagementAgency (Nema), told Reuters.
“Ninety-six people are nowreceiving treatment in the two hos-pitals in Yola here,” he added. “I can-not really say whether it was a sui-cide bomber or not.”
Alhaji Abubakar Jimeta, a sur-vivor, said the mosque had attractedmany worshippers for Fridayprayers because it had only beenbuilt recently. The bomb exploded inan adjacent parking lot.
Separately, a suicide bombingduring dawn prayers at a mosque inMaiduguri, capital of Borno state,north of Yola, killed at least 10 peo-ple, a hospital source said. Another11 had been wounded.
Borno is the birthplace of theBoko Haram insurgency and hasbeen the focus of attacks by suspect-ed members of the militant Islamistgroup that have killed around 1 000people since President Muham-madu Buhari took office in May.
Since losing most of the territo-ry it took over earlier this year tothe Nigerian army, Boko Haram hasreverted to hitting soft targets suchas markets, bus stations and placesof worship. – Reuters
Election fever as Tanzania goes polling
F L O R E N C E M U G A R U L A
ALMOST 23 million Tanza-nians will today partici-pate in the election exer-cise that will determine the
nation’s leadership in the comingfive years.
Voters will elect the president,MPs and local government council-lors. A total of eight candidates arerunning for the presidential post.
High competition is expectedbetween the Chama Cha Mapinduzi(CCM) presidential candidate JohnPombe Magufuli and former pre-mier Edward Lowassa, contestingthrough Chadema.
The CCM has been in power formore than 50 years now. It is the old-
est ruling party in Africa.Religious leaders, international
community, leaders of political par-ties and government leaders at dif-ferent times have been asking thepublic to remain calm and maintainthe country’s peace during and afterthe election exercise.
Long lines of voters are expectedto stream into polling places for thehistoric vote after more than twomonths of highly competitive cam-paigns all over the country. Morethan 65 000 polling centres have beenset up by the National ElectoralCommission (NEC).
According to NEC lawyer Em-manuel Kawishe, the NEC hasalready distributed all required elec-toral equipment to all polling cen-
tres in the country. According to theNEC, polling centres will be openedat 7am and returning officers willstop receiving voters at 4pm.
At a time when the NEC finalis-es election procedures, political par-ties ended their campaign withbangs in various parts of the coun-try. The CCM wound up its cam-paign yesterday by holding histori-cal rallies in seven regions –Mwanza, Mbeya, Kigoma, Mara,Tanga, Kilimanjaro and Mtwara.
CCM campaign spokesman Janu-ary Makamba said both retired andserving party officials had partici-pated fully by addressing rallies invarious regions.
The election campaigns wereofficially closed at 6pm yesterday
countrywide. The inspector-generalof police, Ernest Mangu, warned onThursday that police would not hes-itate to take legal measures againstany person who held a meeting afterthe official closing time.
Meanwhile, Reuters reports thatIvory Coast President AlassaneOuattara wrapped up his re-electioncampaign on Friday with a star-studded concert in the commercialcapital Abidjan, calling on his sup-porters to turn out massively tovote amid fears many would stay athome.
Ouattara is heavily favoured towin today’s ballot, meant to draw aline under a decade-long crisiswhich ended in a brief 2011 civil warthat killed more than 3 000 people.
‘Hamstrung’SADC inquiry ends hearingsB A S I L D O N P E T A
MPAPHI Phumaphi, the tough Motswanajudge heading the Southern AfricanDevelopment Community’s commissionof inquiry into the crisis in Lesotho, haswrapped up his work, frustrated at whathe says has been a lack of co-operationby the government of Prime MinisterPakalitha Mosisili.
Judge Phumaphi announced thisweek that he was prematurely conclud-ing the hearings after failing to get anumber of soldiers to appear before thecommission to shed light on goings-onin the Lesotho Defence Force. Actions bythe military are seen as having beencentral to the political crisis.
Since the commission began sittingon August 31, Judge Phumaphi haslaunched broadsides against Lesothogovernment leaders for what he says areevasiveness and a lack of co-operation.
He said the commission was worriedthat government leaders who hadappeared before it expressed ignoranceabout things they would be expected to
know as people in office. Such intransi-gence would scupper efforts to arrive athelpful findings, he said.
“I am worried and a bit disappointed,”he said in questioning Deputy PrimeMinister Methotjoa Metsing’s “unhelpful”and “evasive” testimony.
Lesotho descended into chaos follow-ing the return of Mosisili and his coalitionto power after the February 28 electionsand the ousting of then-prime ministerThomas Thabane.
It was the murder of MaaparankoeMahao – appointed head of the defenceforce after a coup attempt last year – on June 25, shortly after he had beenreplaced by his predecessor, that led tothe inquiry.The ministers and seniormilitary officials appeared before thecommission, but key questions remainedunanswered.
This in part led the commission tosubpoena the 23 soldiers accused ofplanning a mutiny, but the defence forcehigh command refused to release them.The inquiry also failed to get 10 otherserving soldiers to appear before it.
In saying this week why he had nooption but to end the hearings, JudgePhumaphi virtually implied Lesotho hadbecome lawless. Mosisili accused thecommission of violating its terms ofreference and asked the SADC organ ondefence and politics to call it to order.
Ruling party candidate in tight race with former prime minister
ARDENT: A supporter of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidentialcandidate, John Pombe Magufuli, cheers during a campaign rally in Dar esSalaam this week. PICTURE:REUTERS
COMPLAINT: Lesotho Prime MinisterPakalitha Mosisili. PICTURE: GCIS
