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Latest Issue: Vol. 6:5
SA Career Focus is aimed at all those in need of career advice and guidance, from Grade 9 learners, to those making a mid-life career change! Read on to find out what that job is really like, expected salary, where to study and so much more!
In The Workplace
Social Media Sites
At this stage of our technology era, it seems that we do not really exist if we don’t have multiple public Internet profiles. So from Facebook to Twitter and across LinkedIn and Whats­App, everybody, irrespecti...

Sport
Gymnastics
By Gina Hartoog In just a few months the flame of the Olympic Torch will light up the United Kingdom for the 2012 London Olympic Games. Did you know that the Torch is powered by Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPGas)? The 2012...

Tech @ Work
Bug Bots
By Jeanne du Plessis I really hate bugs! I know they have their place in the eco-system, but I just can’t trust anything with more than four legs. In my house every spider has a can of Doom with its name on it. Ho...

Reach For The Stars
The Arrows
By Liezl Maclean Everyone loves Durban. The sub-tropical coastal town sees frolicking families on the streets. Busy executives out for a quick lunchtime jog. Buff surfers running into the waves. Bead-bedecked sangomas c...

Weird Jobs
Musical Instrument Maker
By Jeanne du Plessis Musical instruments have been around for a long, long time. Archaeologists found a flute made out of a woolly mammoth tusk that goes all the way back to the Ice Age. Luckily, mankind’s passion...
Be An Entrepreneur
Producing the product or service -Part 6
Sales are critical to any business. Companies produce income or revenues by selling their products and services. Multiply the price and number of products sold or the value and duration of services sold to calculate reve...

Me
The dangers of diet pills
By Jeanne du Plessis I’ve always admired people who love exercise and consider fruit salad to be a dessert. For the rest of us, staying in shape can be a little more challenging. For many, the battle of the bulge ...

Part-Time
In-store Promoter
By Gina Hartoog Do you enjoy a good conversation? If you’re blessed with the gift of the gab, an in-store promotion job is the perfect way to earn some extra cash. Work hours are very accommodating to students, w...

Gap Year
Projects Abroad
Projects Abroad is a worldwide leader in overseas volunteer placements. It was founded in 1992, after director Peter Slowe helped some of his students take a break from their studies, or now more widely referred to as a ...

Sights And Sounds
Sights&Sounds
Artist: Taxi Violence Album: Long Way From Home – Unplugged South African bands seem to be raising their standards drastically, with Isochronous (in my view) leading the charge. However, this has set a higher sta...
Previous Articles
Reach For The Stars
Arno Carstens
By Liezl Maclean He’s talented. He’s charming. He’s drop-dead gorgeous. And, to top it all, the man can sing! He entered South African music mainstream over a decade ago as front man for the highly-rev...
Reach For The Stars
Liquideep
By Liezl Maclean Hitting all the right notes, Liquideep who are made up of singer/songwriter Ziyon and DJ/producer Ryzor, are currently being play-listed on every major station and dance floor worth its salt. In fact, 2...
Me
So you think you’re prepared?
By Loren Schiebe You are watching the interviewer frantically taking down notes in her notepad and wondering what on earth she was writing in there. You desperately try to strain your neck, wishing at that point that y...
Gap Year
Music Festivals
By Justin Augustine Music festivals are festivals aimed at entertaining thousands of people in a single location over a period of days. As the name suggests, music is the main attraction at these festivals and, with a h...
Part-Time
Aftercare assistant
By Gina Hartoog The need for aftercare for school-going children, during the afternoons as well as the school holidays, has risen over the past 20 years. Unlike before, both parents in families are in full-time employme...
Gap Year
Outward Bound South Africa
Outward Bound South Africa (OBSA) is the largest non-profit experiential education organisation in the world. Pioneered over 60 years ago, OBSA now has over 40 schools operating in 35 countries around the world. Using ad...
Reach For The Stars
Sifiso Nhlapo
When asked what his original career plans had been, Sifiso hit us with an answer that completely floored us – “I was planning on being a real estate agent, but that all changed, once I realised I could be a p...
Sport
Indoor/Beach Volleyball
By Justin Augustine I could tell you that volleyball was started by some rich prince back in the day, in order to settle disputes between rival towns and villages. I could also tell you that the losing side was put to d...

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