Entries from April 2009

Sabinet’s Chairperson’s Fund does it again!!

28 Apr 09 · Leave a comment

Sabinet’s Chairperson’s Fund has once again gone the extra mile and donated R50 000 in January to Linah Maleka who has since started up her catering business, Nsobo Catering.
Linah has the experience and expertise in the catering field and we felt that she is strong-willed and independent enough to venture on her own. Her [...]

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Sabinet’s Chairperson’s Fund launches another new project for the community “Sabimaths Kidz Project”

28 Apr 09 · Leave a comment

On behalf of Sabinet’s Chairperson’s Fund, a new project was initiated from January 2009, called “Sabimaths Kidz Project”. This project is co-ordinated between Tshwane Library and our very own Connie Magoba.
Two mathematics teachers, Ms J K Mahlangu and Mr M M J Mashego are employed to provide tuition to 60 pupils in grades [...]

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Update: Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act 51 of 2008

28 Apr 09 · Leave a comment

Four months after the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act 51 of 2008 was passed in Parliament, various industry stakeholders have analysed the possible effects of the act and commented accordingly.

To view the discussions, visit the following sites:
Gray Area: IPR Bill Regulations promulgated – the death knell for open science in [...]

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New Faces at Sabinet

24 Apr 09 · Leave a comment

Ina du Toit joined Sabinet on the 1st of April 2009. Ina is appointed as Editorial Assistant in the Metadata Department.She joined us from Caleka Publishers where she was appointed as a publishing assistant, but ended up working in the sales department. Ina is married and her hobbies include tennis, hiking as well as some [...]

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New Faces at Sabinet

24 Apr 09 · Leave a comment

Carina Du Preeze joined Sabinet on the 1st of March 2009. Carina is appointed as an Implementation Consultant in our Client Services Department.
Carina joined us from LibTech where she was employed for the past seven years as an Implementation, Training and Support Consultant. She is an avid reader and enjoys watching rugby.
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The iPhone and iPod touch interface…

17 Apr 09 · Leave a comment

 Apple has filed a patent that could see the iPhone and iPod touch interfaces adjust the size of their elements in response to motion.  The filing, entitled Variable Device Graphical User Interface, describes a self-adjusting user interface that would make it easier to hit the right touch-screen commands when walking, jogging, riding in a car, [...]

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Koobface Worm on the loose again…

14 Apr 09 · Leave a comment

It is mostly facebook nutters that should heed the caution. The Koobface Worm has been around in various guises. It appeared most frequently on the Facebook and MySpace social networking websites since June 2008. A new variant recently re-appeared on the facebook site. Its best you be aware of it. Read more about it here…

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Are you a visionary Web Specialist ?

09 Apr 09 · Leave a comment

Sabinet is seeking an innovative, creative and visionary Web Specialist within the Web Delivery Department  (Centurion).
Do you have the ability to take our Sabinet web-based systems from good to great?
Do you have experience in web development related technologies?
Primary responsibilities will be Web development and Mash-ups.
Sabinet offers a challenging, participatory workplace with an opportunity [...]

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