Cape Argus 2022-05-04

“MANIFESTATION” is a concept that gained prominence in the early 2000s, when Rhonda Byrne’s best-selling book, The Secret, was released. The book spoke about the law of attraction, which is that positive thoughts bring positive outcomes. While over a decade has passed since the book (and subsequent movie) had the world abuzz, the word “manifest” seems to be popping up more than ever. “Manifest health”, “manifest success”, even “manifest love” — but what about something even more tangible? Could we manifest money? It is possible, but first, it is vital to understand what manifestation really means. “It does not involve magic, is not an easy fix — nor is there some ethereal formula.” A person with her arms crossed. Description automatically generated with medium confidence. Manifesting means making your dreams…

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) said this week that all its offices were now open for walk-ins. However, it urged the public to also use its digital offering. This follows a directive in July 2020, amid Covid-19, when the CCMA issued a directive suspending user walk-ins across all its offices. “The decision to temporarily suspend user walk-ins, particularly for case referral and advisory, was a difficult pronouncement to make, given that a significant percentage of case referrals come through our front-desks,” said CCMA director, advocate Cameron Morajane. “I encourage those who can utilise digital platforms for referrals and hearing cases to continue do so,” said Morajane. Amid Covid-19, the CCMA had introduced new streams of digital offerings for case referral, such as the e-referral platform and the…

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic and an ongoing semi-conductor shortage, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) said this week it had reached a milestone when the plant in Kariega built its 1-millionth Polo for export. The plant had been building Polos since 1996 and began exporting Polo models in 2002 to 38 countries, it said. By the time the 1-millionth export Polo rolled off the line on May 3, the plant had manufactured a total of 4 181 031 vehicles to date, of which 1 292 793 vehicles were built for export, VWSA said. Robert Cisek, VWSA chairperson and managing director, said, “Given the current climate, with the pandemic and the semi-conductor crisis, this milestone is an especially strong moment for VWSA.” He says VWSA is the biggest private employer in Nelson…

TO ACCELERATE and further enable its transformation objectives, Engen’s management has concluded a tripartite agreement with Nedbank and PetroCONNECT. Engen is an energy company with more than 1 280 service stations across southern Africa and Mauritius. Engen Retail Transformation Manager Tebogo Matsi said in an interview this week this non-exclusive partnership intended to alleviate possible barriers to entry and widen avenues for potential entrants to access Engen service stations. The objective of this agreement was to provide funding, training and mentorship in Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) transactions to ensure sustainability of this commercial environment. “Engen will identify and select prospective beneficiaries in accordance with its recruitment process and qualifying criteria. Once identified and selected, the potential beneficiaries would be referred to PetroCONNECT and Nedbank. “They would then obtain the…

Bill Murray “did something (he) thought was funny” that led to production on Being Mortal being suspended. The 71-year-old actor has addressed reports he has been accused of misconduct on the set of his upcoming movie and claimed he had had a “difference of opinion” with a woman working on the film. Speaking to CNBC, he said: “I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way. “The company, the movie studio, wanted to do the right thing, so they wanted to check it all out, investigate it. And so they stopped the production. “As of now, we’re talking and we’re trying to make peace with each other. I think that’s where the real issue is, between our peace. We’re both professionals, we like each others’ work.”…

Monica Bellucci goes head-to-head with Liam Neeson in Martin Campbell’s action thriller, Memory. Cast as Davana Sealman, she is a businesswoman and philanthropist who, in the public eye, has a squeaky-clean image. However, praiseworthy, she is not. In fact, she has a direct hand in some of the most abominable crimes imaginable. As such, she finds herself in the crosshairs of Alex Lewis (Liam Neeson), an assassin-for-hire with a conscience. When Alex learns that the young girl he refused to kill has been executed, he sets out to take down all those involved, putting him on the warpath with Vincent (Guy Pearce), the FBI agent who hired him for the kill, and Davana. Alex’s worsening memory loss poses a few challenges on his mission, though. The 57-year-old actress, who had…