Builders Newsletter - Edition 62
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Construction Industry News and Views Edition 62 Oct 2011
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Dear Members & Readers
Our Training Academy is making huge strides forward at the moment, under the careful guidance of our training manager, Victor Smith. We are already running several short courses, workshops and seminars and 2012 will see us running a pilot for our new Construction Foreman course. This course will be made up of 8 modules and will be run part time over a number of months. If you would like more information, please contact Victor.
Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal will be hosting the regional Safety Awards at our premises in Westville on Friday night. This is the second time that the event is being held at the Master Builders Centre and we are expecting around 200 guests. Debbie and her conference team are already hard at work to ensure that our guests have a fantastic evening. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all the entrants good luck and look forward to seeing you at the function.
For those of you who would like to follow us on Twitter, you will find us here - @MasterBuilders2
Have a great week.
Gary Amstutz | Commercial and Marketing Manager
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Threat of a New Metro Municipal Tax on Business Enterprises
Chapter 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act of 1996 provides for the provision of the so-called third tier of government in South Africa at local level.
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Eish...! Its Tax season again..

The theme of this year's Tax Season campaign is "Taking the 'eish' out of tax-eish-ion" and taxpayers will be encouraged to do this by following these Tax Season tips as provided by SARS below.
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Water Calculator and the Marginal Cost of Water
The cost of water from Ethekweni Municipality, like income tax, is charged on a progressive scale, in other words, the more water you use the higher the bracket you are in.
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Kwazulu-Natal Economy Experiences a Further Setback

During July, the general index was 9.6% higher than the corresponding month a year ago but when the quarterly figures are compared, the picture changes as the general index declined to 2.2%. Seven of the nine sectors tracked showed a decline when compared with the previous quarter.
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Awareness about the Forthcoming 2011 Census
The preparation to the big count-down is gaining momentum. Census 2011 is to be held in less than a month and most of the enumeration will take place on the eve of 9 October 2011.
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Can An Arbitrator Make An Award By Consent?
Introduction
It frequently happens in arbitrations that parties settle their disputes before the conclusion of the arbitration proceedings.
In these circumstances it has often been the practice for the parties to ask the arbitrator to make an award by consent setting out the terms of the settlement between them.
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During these tough economic times, many of us are finding it harder than ever to cope with stress at work. We're spending more and more of our work days feeling frazzled and out of control, instead of alert and relaxed.
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New Members of the Association - September 2011
We are pleased to welcome and announce the following new members who joined the Association in September 2011:
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Somebody Didn't Get The Memo
Earlier in the year WUSA -TV, broadcasting from the Washington area in the States, reported that employees in the General Services Administration (GSA) regional office, were sent a memo warning them to not use the restrooms.
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Closing comments
We trust that the information contained in this newsletter is informative and useful. If not, please feel free to let us know what topics you would like to see covered and we will happily do our best to accommodate you.
Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal 40 Essex Terrace Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 3630
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OHS Online forum
Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal has a well established online forum dedicated to Health and Safety. The forum is open to anyone in the Health and Safety profession and is geared specifically to all matters relating to Construction Health and Safety.
Latest Threads:
PFMA Annual Report of the Department of Labour for period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 20
SA Labour inspections find 80% compliance
Construction accidents halved in five years
Gas Store & Storage Regulations LPG-Oxygen, Acetylene & Nitrogen.
To go directly to the forum click on this link http://safety.masterbuilders.co.za or copy and paste the link into your browser.
Discuss | Contribute | Learn
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General forum
Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal General Forum was implemented to create a platform for open exchange of Industry relevant information, as well as to encourage healthy debate. The forum is open to anyone who has a vested interest in the construction industry.
Latest Threads:
To go directly to the forum click on this link http://forum2.masterbuilders.co.za or copy and paste the link into your browser.
Discuss | Contribute | Learn
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Upcoming EVENTS
For information about forthcoming meetings, events and functions please visit our Networking page, on masterbuilders.co.za
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contact us
Tel: 0861 001 106
Health and Safety Neels Nortje
Benefits Office Rob Pengelly
Contractual & Legal
Bruce Lyle
Training Victor Smith
Customer Care Shelly Kupferman
South Coast Regional Manager Hans Stols
North Coast Regional Manager Paula Leah
Midlands Regional Manager
Gareth Roberts
Durban Regional Manager Ernest Roper
Finance Manager Greg Beykirch
Commercial & Online Manager Gary Amstutz
Executive Director Brandon Abdinor
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