Confidentiality in an open-plan office
By Wilmarie Brits
Close ties are forged between colleagues in an open-plan office. It is an interactive environment and promotes team cohesion and communication. This is where ideas take shape and are implemented with success. However, an open-plan office is also a double-edged sword.
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Six tips for preventing type 2 diabetes
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Over the past few decades, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has skyrocketed to such an extent that it is now viewed as an epidemic in the western world.
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Inexperience no longer an excuse for Springboks’ woes
By Francois Redelinghuys
On Sunday morning the social media was abuzz with the news that Ireland succeeded in toppling the mighty All Blacks’ record of 18 successive wins.
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DMR must be challenged, good governance must be assured
Mining has the wealth-generating potential to boost economies, but countries blessed with a mineral endowment must at least do their bit by ensuring good governance, according to Mining Weekly.
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By Wilmarie Brits
Knight
This week’s knight is the mysterious artist who placed a statue of a strange rhinoceros called The Preservator, in the Fort Klapperkop Nature Reserve.
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Bottled cookie mix
By Wilmarie Brits
The year is quickly coming to an end and the shopping centres are a jungle full of people scurrying about to try and find gifts in time for Christmas. You, on the other hand, are probably at your wits’ end because you don’t know what to buy your friend or colleague at work for Christmas. Read more. Click here. |
By Danie van Graan
When would it be considered fair to dismiss an intoxicated employee?
First of all, it has to be established whether the employee is suffering from alcohol dependence and whether the particular incident of intoxication was simply a case of once-off misconduct.
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Using your non-dominant hand to do habitual tasks for two weeks can help calm your temper. Studies show people with anger issues also lack self-control, which can be strengthened like a muscle, and the annoyance of doing things with the wrong hand can gradually improve the ability to manage anger.
Source: Science Daily
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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
Source: The Bible – Proverbs 6:6-9
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