According to BusinessTech, South Africa’s unemployment rate has climbed to 30,1% and with the youth, including graduates, making up 63,4% of that number, job seekers have had to find ways to stand out from the rest.

With the demands of employment constantly changing from just having a qualification to having work experience to now requiring applicants to have their own cars, it is becoming increasingly difficult for graduates to find employment.But for 23-year-old journalism graduate Lakhe Thwala, from Tembisa, giving up was not an option as he was willing to do all it takes to meet today’s job requirements.

He tells DRUM how he managed to save R70 000 from learnerships and get himself a car so he can meet his dream job’s requirements.In 2016, I was doing my first year of journalism at Tshwane University of Technology [TUT] and I knew there were a few opportunities in the field. I knew there were a lot of graduates who were sitting at home with no jobs and I knew I had to have a plan. So, in 2016, I did my research on the requirements of job posts in journalism then decided to start the process of doing my [driver’s] licence. In 2016, I did my learner’s licence then proceeded to do my driver’s licence in 2017. I did both these things with money I had saved from the NSFAS allowance I was getting as a student who is from a disadvantaged background.

“In 2018, I did my PDP [professional driving permit] and was in my final year of my national diploma. Last year I graduated and applied to do my BTech, I also completed that and received my qualification this year. Now that all the academic requirements were out of the way, I was left with two more requirements: work experience as well as having my own car.“Luckily for me, TUT makes us do practicals in our third year so I had some work experience and I had landed myself a communications learnership at a car rental company. But it is no secret learnerships in South Africa only pay up to R5 000, which is what I was getting. I decided to save most of that money and managed to save R70 000 within nine months of the learnership, which I then used to buy a car.”

“My learnership recently ended and although now I’m back to being fully unemployed, I am hopeful I will now get a good job because I meet every requirement of journalism job posts. Having a plan and saving up has also given me a skill that I feel everyone should have in life. I just want people to know that saving and fighting to meet a job requirement is something that is doable for someone who is focused. It does not matter what kind of background you come from, but if you have a plan and are determined to work on it, then you’ll achieve your goals. It’s possible for someone who comes from a township to save and make something out of their lives.”

In recognition of World Vitiligo Day, we return to our moving 2018 meeting with amazing entertainer Leleti Khumalo , who opened up about living with vitiligo and how she figured out how to cherish herself.
Johannesburg – She’s one of the most natural countenances on Mzansi’s big name scene, gracing magazine covers and showing up in hit films. In any case, even fans who’ve followed her heavenly profession for a considerable length of time will consider her to be as at no other time. This time there’s no warpaint covering her ravishing skin. Rather Leleti Khumalo (48) is demonstrating each white fix on her body in new e.tv dramatization arrangement Imbewu: The Seed.

The entertainer, who shot to distinction as an adolescent in Sarafina!, is likewise trying her hand off camera as a maker for the show. In any case, it’s her job as MaZulu that will undoubtedly get the country talking, mostly on account of the succulent job and furthermore in light of the fact that Leleti’s has given her skin condition just because onscreen.She just has an hour to save between shooting, Leleti lets us know as she ventures off the set. She subsides into a seat and comes to the heart of the matter: following quite a while of concealing her skin under layers of make-up to cover her vitiligo, she’s determined to teach individuals about the condition in which the skin loses its color.“I used to cover my white patches with make-up yet for Imbewu I didn’t be spread it. Individuals get the opportunity to see me without the make-up,” she says. “I had a significant conversation with the makers of Imbewu and they really permitted me to do it. I will probably instruct individuals about vitiligo however I likewise would prefer not to make a half showing. I’ll be doing instructive chats on vitiligo and I’d clearly need the discussions to have an effect.”Leleti, who has straightforwardly spoken about her condition, began creating vitiligo at 19 years old yet as a young lady experiencing childhood in the township of KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal, she didn’t have the foggiest idea what it was. “It was unadulterated obliviousness on my part,” she says. “Actually, I didn’t have the foggiest idea what it was until I got pregnant.”She takes a full breath at that point proceeds. “It’s more profound than what individuals see as it influences each part of your life – in spite of the fact that it’s not difficult, it is hopeless. “My primary care physician cautioned me it will be more terrible in the wake of conceiving an offspring, yet by then it didn’t trouble me as I was too amped up for the children,” the mother of four-year-old twins Yamukelani and Ulwenzile says.

Yet, her satisfaction before long went to surrender, at that point discouragement. At the point when she got pregnant in 2012, Leleti was anticipating triplets and not twins – yet deplorably lost one child during childbirth. “Losing my infant was probably the hardest

The amended regulations are to ensure the operating of cinemas, restaurants, theatres, and casinos – subject to adherence to all health protocols.

In what has marked yet another gradual reopening of the economy under level 3 of the lockdown, the government on Friday amended regulations to ensure the operating of cinemas, restaurants, theatres, and casinos – subject to adherence to all health protocols: wearing of masks, social distancing and sanitizing of hands.

Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said the department developed the protocols and guidelines “to ensure that as we reopen more tourism activities, we protect the lives of employers, employees, tourists, and South Africans at large”.

This would take effect from Monday.Kubayi-Ngubane said restaurants, fast food outlets, and coffee shops should keep a daily record of all employees, delivery agents and patrons; and conduct screening, sanitizing and the wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Maintain social distancing

Demarcate an area for the collection of orders for delivery – separate from where food is prepared.“In terms of foodservice, no buffets shall be offered to guests for self-service,” said KubayiNgubane.

“Menus must be replaced with non-touch options or sanitized after each guest use.

“Tables must be sanitized before and after use by each guest. While taking orders, waiting staff must stand at least a meter from tables.”

Hotels, lodges, B&Bs, timeshare facilities, resorts, and guest houses should also comply with health protocols.

She said the number of persons entering a conference and meeting venue shall not be more than 50.

“Conference and meetings shall ensure compliance with the requirement relating to physical distancing, which is at least one and a half metres.”Similar protocols also applied to casinos. “Casinos shall ensure compliance with the requirement relating to physical distancing, which is at least one and a half meters,” she said.

Protocols for private self-drive excursions would remain.

The minister said employers should regularly provide information and train employees and those responsible for delivery, on the Covid-19 health protocols.

Training would include:

Procedures related to the use, reuse, and wearing of masks.
Utilization of PPE.
Physical distancing.
Basic hygiene, packaging, and handling.“While we are working on the reopening of the sector, one should not lose focus on the health risk of the pandemic, particularly as the rate of those infected has exceeded the 100 000 mark. We are yet to reach out peak,” she said.

-The Citizen

It’s the stuff that dreams are made of for ordinary hard-working people everywhere.

One day you’re toiling away under the hot African sun, wondering how you’re going to feed a large family. Overnight you’re a multimillionaire with plans to ensure free schooling in your community and to build a shopping mall in your home town.

PAID R57-MILLION FOR BIGGEST TANZANITE STONES IN HISTORY
That’s the remarkable story of Saniniu Laizer, a 52-year-old small-scale independent miner from Tanzania.This week the Tanzanian government paid him the equivalent of around R57-million (US$3.4m) for finding the biggest Tanzanite stones in history. The stones weigh in collectively at 15kg, notably bigger than the previous record find, which weighed only 3.3kg.Laizer, who has four wives and 30 children, sold them to the government on Wednesday 24 June during a trading event in the northern region of Manyara. The government said via Twitter that it plans to put the stones in a museum.

South African media personality, Pearl Thusi, has given fans a glimpse at her high school days in her latest Instagram post on Friday, 26 June 2020.

The actress, who attended Pinetown Girls’ High School, showcased a picture clearly taken on Picture Day.

Although her beauty was evident from her early years, Pearl couldn’t help but acknowledge her skinny eyebrows.

She captioned the post with, “Thank God my brows survived this abuse… What trash trend did you fall into back in your day? Represent your high school in the comments!”Pearl’s fans quickly commented on the post sharing their own disastrous beauty techniques, although the consensus was that the global star was always able to rock any trend – no matter how bad it was!