Part 105 Completeness In Our Deity! The Power In The Words Of, I AM! Coming Out Of Babylon! Our Promised Land! Aim High In Spirit To Attain, Aim Low And Guess What! Even So! Taking And Possessing The Kingdom! The Word Of Your Testimony! Letting That Which Is Within Appear As Outward Form!
Prophecy
There are Bible prophecies which depict events that will occur in the end of times. These kinds of prophecies, in theological circles, are referred to as eschatology. This is not what we are talking about.
Make Our Joy Complete 1 John 1:1-4 Adapted from a Steve Shepherd sermon http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/make-our-joy-complete-steve-shepherd-sermon-on-joy-144428.asp
Perfection is really our true self, A lowering & yet a full restoration to a realising of our perfection. The anointing of our Most Holy Place. The end of all flesh, which will be the end of all mortality.
Part 105 Completeness In Our Deity! The Power In The Words Of, I AM! Coming Out Of Babylon! Our Promised Land! Aim High In Spirit To Attain, Aim Low And Guess What! Even So! Taking And Possessing The Kingdom! The Word Of Your Testimony! Letting That Which Is Within Appear As Outward Form!
Prophecy
There are Bible prophecies which depict events that will occur in the end of times. These kinds of prophecies, in theological circles, are referred to as eschatology. This is not what we are talking about.
Make Our Joy Complete 1 John 1:1-4 Adapted from a Steve Shepherd sermon http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/make-our-joy-complete-steve-shepherd-sermon-on-joy-144428.asp
Perfection is really our true self, A lowering & yet a full restoration to a realising of our perfection. The anointing of our Most Holy Place. The end of all flesh, which will be the end of all mortality.
The Clouds Of Heaven! If It Be Thy Will? If Sickness Was A Reality It Could Never Be Cured! Jehovah Rapha The Everlasting Redemptive Name Of God! The Ministry Of Condemnation! The Law Of Rituals! We Are Not Climbing The Mountain, We Are Already There! Another Excerpt From John G. Lake!
This is the mother of all promises. It is the first to be given and the last to be fulfilled. It is the alpha and omega of promises, and it is given to Him who is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. He is the one who has already made the fulfillment of the promise possible, and who will come again to make it actual. Why should Christians set their affections on things above and be heaven minded? It is because, says Paul, our faith and our knowledge rest in the hope of heaven and eternal life.
This book Conception of Self Control For Building Your Mind helps the reader to deal with life in a way that is successful and pleasant to mankind. Do not fizzle out. In order to build courage, a man must live by principles that are friendly to nature and have the ability of success and positive thinking.
Life is made up of moments; there are happy times and therefore sad times in all our lives. In a time of difficulty, we long to be comforted and only our thoughts can determine how easy it is going to be for us to pass through.
There is always a better and improved version of whatever had existed.
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The Clouds Of Heaven! If It Be Thy Will? If Sickness Was A Reality It Could Never Be Cured! Jehovah Rapha The Everlasting Redemptive Name Of God! The Ministry Of Condemnation! The Law Of Rituals! We Are Not Climbing The Mountain, We Are Already There! Another Excerpt From John G. Lake!
This is the mother of all promises. It is the first to be given and the last to be fulfilled. It is the alpha and omega of promises, and it is given to Him who is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. He is the one who has already made the fulfillment of the promise possible, and who will come again to make it actual. Why should Christians set their affections on things above and be heaven minded? It is because, says Paul, our faith and our knowledge rest in the hope of heaven and eternal life.
This book Conception of Self Control For Building Your Mind helps the reader to deal with life in a way that is successful and pleasant to mankind. Do not fizzle out. In order to build courage, a man must live by principles that are friendly to nature and have the ability of success and positive thinking.
Life is made up of moments; there are happy times and therefore sad times in all our lives. In a time of difficulty, we long to be comforted and only our thoughts can determine how easy it is going to be for us to pass through.
There is always a better and improved version of whatever had existed.
Meneko Tsefino Charles “Masterpiece” this book “conception” is a must read, it talks about the greatness of God, and how we can improve in our lives by being close to God by self control.................
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FOIA, protective order, law brief, Darren-Chaker, notes many of the legal cases in brief fit the facts of the case before the court. Often times the law allows attorney fees to the prevailing party.
The Bible is very clear as to what our purpose in this life should be. Men in both the Old and New Testaments sought for and discovered life’s purpose. Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, according to scripture, discovered the futility of life when it is lived only for this world. He gives these concluding remarks in the book of Ecclesiastes: 13 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil”. - Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
Have you ever experienced the relief when a car
alarm that has been going off for the last hour,
stops?
Suddenly you can take a breath and think clearly
again.
But, if it isn’t a car alarm it is some other distraction
that’ll keep us out of our heads.
I love distraction because the reality is that it
stops me from thinking. More specifically, it stops
me from thinking about myself.
I like to keep it light because sometimes it is hard
to deal with myself. I don’t want to have to ask
(and answer) questions like, “why am I where
I’m at?”, “am I happy and do I even know what
will make me happy?”, “why am I not achieving
my goals?”.
Because if I’m forced to answer these questions I
might not be happy with what comes out.
I may just come to the realisation that I’m 100%
responsible for the how my life has turned out.
And, when I have nobody to blame but myself …
that’s a bitter pill to swallow. Because once you
come to that realisation that there’s nowhere to
hide, then you have to deal with yourself. And,
that can be hard.
Thus, I keep myself busy so that I don’t have to
face the reality of what I have created … my life.
Theologian Frederich Buechner puts it more
eloquently than I ever could, “We shy away from
introspection because however fearful the surface
seems, we fear the depths still more.”
Of course we fear the depths and try and keep
things light and on the surface. But, it is only
when we go deep that we can really figure things
out for ourselves.
And, when we truly plumb the depths of our
hearts and souls and realise that, yes, we really
are 100% responsible for creating our world, it
can be quite liberating.
Because if we’re 100% responsible, we have the
power to change any situation we’re in right now.
So, if you’re not happy with something in your
life, you have the choice to do something about it
right now.
Take yourself off the grid for a while and shut the
‘alarm’ off so that you can come to grips with
who you really are.
Have the courage to go deep so that you can turn
your life from superficial to stupendous. The
journey is worth it, I promise you.
ARE YOU FRUSTRATED BY WHAT YOU CAN'T SEEM TO CHANGE? EVER WONDER WHY YOU STILL FEEL THE SAME THINGS YOU DID BEFORE YOU CAME TO JESUS? MANY ARE AND TOO OFTEN THE MESSAGE IS THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOU! DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY LONGER. READ THE TRUTH.
If God is good always, then where does evil come from? Why does it seem as though God sometimes carried out evil in the Bible? By seeing what God has to say about Himself in His Word and by recognizing the real source of evil, we can be assured of God’s goodness.
Form Vs Intent
Many students are of the view that they just need to pass their exams with the bare minimum allowed marks.
If they pass, they'll get that high school certificate or their university degree. The idea being that a high school certificate will get them into university and that a university degree will get them a job.
They miss the point of the exercise. It is not about the result but the process. The trick to learning is to master a subject, not to aim for the bare minimum.
So that when entering the job market, you're actually useful and don't have to be retrained from scratch.
Also, going for the bare minimum is the genesis of the mediocrity virus that proliferates our world. The less we expect of ourselves, the less we do and the less we expect of others.
We don't strive to stand out and make our mark in this world. We strive to fit in so that we are never challenged in any way.
The same is true for our lives and our search to connect with our creator.
We do the bare minimum. We go to church once a week. We say our five daily prayers. We practice Shabbat every Friday.
We do all these things as we're taught. And, we're taught to do them with perfect form. But that's all it is, is form. What's missing is the intention. Doing form to connect with our creator is the bare minimum.
The trick is to master this existence and put everything into doing so. The trick is to practice every day for the moment of our death. Every moment gives us that chance.
Just going through rituals by rote and doing it under the cover of a mosque, synagogue or church is not going to help 'buy our way into heaven'. The couple of minutes we spend on our rituals won't cut it.
The only point of rituals are to focus our attention on the moment so that we are aware of the presence of the creator. So that we can be in awe and gratitude and humility that we have been so blessed.
Our true self comes out in the way we relate to the world and the rest of humanity in it. Every moment gives us a chance to be graceful, grateful and use the muscle of the heart to be useful, kind and beautiful to others. Every opportunity to be kind gets us closer to our creator.
Don't look to the heavens to find your creator. Look to every human being you touch and you'll see the divine in them. You'll meet the creator.
Our intention defines us, not our form. Follow your rituals but most of all be human, be kind, be in awe and be grateful. This is the only chance you and I have of touching the creator.
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Our galaxy is called the Milky Way … home to 100 billion stars. Multiply that by 10 trillion galaxies and that’s an incomprehensible number of stars out there. A gazillionith of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction are on a playground called Earth.
You’ll find more than 2 600 of them embedded in sidewalks across an 18 block radius in a place you and I know as the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
This is where people famous in the world of entertainment go to be immortalised in terrazzo and brass.
Like all stars, they wane. If you walk along some of the sidewalks, you won’t see shiny stars. What you’ll see is grit and grime encrusting them. You’ll see buskers and homeless people sitting on or around them.
These stars have been trodden on by billions of shoes since 1960 when the first star was laid for Joanne Woodward. These shoes carry the weary feet, broken hearts and shattered dreams of countless people.
People who wish they too can have a star on Hollywood Boulevard. A star that too can be stepped on.
Last night I attended an enchanting book talk with Piers Cruickshanks, author of Confluence: Beyond the River with Siseko Ntondini.
It’s a story of how Piers and Siseko, who against all odds, won a gold medal at the Dusi Canoe Marathon. (Finishing 7th).
But it’s really a story of the challenges of being human and triumphs of the human spirit when two cultures confluence.
Piers shares a vignette where he was irritated that Siseko pitched up late for practice. For Piers it was easy to get to the dam. For Siseko – not so much – because of the transport challenges that he and countless thousands face every day.
I can’t speak for Piers, but if it were me I would’ve been humbled and maybe slightly embarrassed at my ‘white privilege’ … him, then a 39 year old English teacher with a young family and the ‘perfect life’ and 18 year old Siseko clawing his way up from the streets of Soweto.
Rachel
I had a similar incident around 10 years ago. Rachel, my domestic assistant of 15 years was late again. I reprimanded her for being tardy. Her words to me made an indelible impression, “I get up every morning at 4 am and have to catch two taxis to get to you. I’m sorry, sometimes the taxis run late.”
In those days I was paying her R150 per day including transport. I realised that she was spending half her wages on transport. So that meant that she had R75 left over for food, toiletries and paraffin for her and her children. I don’t know about you … even in those days I could drop R150 in a heartbeat on something frivolous and not even think about it.
We don’t know what is happening with the human working for us, sitting next to us on the bus, at our work or in our schools. We don’t know what drama is playing out in their lives. Are they hungry? Are they sick? Have they lost a loved one? Are they going through marital strife? Are they depressed? Are they destitute?
I try and walk in the other’s shoes. I try and feel what the other is feeling. Sometimes I get it right … mostly I get it wrong.
Choice
All I know is that I’m where I am by the grace of the Creator. I could’ve been born to different parents, in a different country and under different circumstances. My life would have been totally different – it could have been better or worse (whatever that means).
So, I’m here now, in this moment. I can only control how I feel and how I react to my situation now. Other than that, I have little control of the outcome of this human experience.
I choose gratitude. I choose awe. I choose to withhold judgment. I choose curiosity. I choose to see every human as the same. And, I know that every human hides a secret pain and untold hope. This humbles me because I hold the heart of everyone I come into contact with in my hand. It’s in my power to break that heart or grow that heart. It’s in your power too.
When I was a young boy in the Karoo, one of my tasks was to prime the water pump. I had to push a lever down several times to prime the pump with water so that it would function properly.
In essence, I was kickstarting the pump so that it could produce water all day long.
Humans are like water pumps. We need to prime ourselves so that we can be effective throughout the day. This is where morning rituals and habits become invaluable. The only time when I'm selfish is the first two hours after waking. This is when I spend time on myself only. I've realised that spending time on myself is not selfish but rather, self-preserving. That time alone centres me so that I can tackle each day with vim and vigour.
Here's a snapshot of my ideal morning routine. I said 'ideal' because in many instances I miss it by a mile. I know when I miss my rituals my day's off-kilter and I'm not as sharp as I could be.
05h00: Salat prayer (before sunrise)
05h10: Meditate for 20 minutes
05h30: Coffee and a rusk (catch up with news and social media on mobile device)
06h00: Run for 1 hour
07h10: Jump into swimming pool for 6 minutes (supposedly helps with weight loss)
07h20: Shower and dress
07h30: Morning pages - type 750 words (based on Julia Cameron's, The Artist's Way)
07h55: Five Minute Journal
08h05: Breakfast
I ask myself why some people are the architects of genocide and acts against humanity.
Why do they unleash untold terror, destruction and misery onto the human race?
How can someone be so cruel?
Do they have a soul?
These are all questions that plague and frustrate me because there's no simple answer.
Is it because we allow them to thrive because of our indolence and ignorance. On 12 March 1938, the German Wehrmacht entered Austria and marched into Vienna. The German writer, Frederick Rech wrote: It was a day on which 'the criminal has been let go unpunished and made to appear more powerful than he is'.
This notion plays out in South Africa and Africa. As citizens we have become victims of our own indolence, greed and fear. We've created and allowed Frankenstein's monsters to dictate our lives.
Mugabe, Amin, Zuma, Motseneng, al-Assad,Taylor, Gupta, al-Bashir, Bell Pottinger and its attack dog, Georghegan.
On the international stage, there are the usual suspects: Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Tse-Sung, Bush, Blair and more recently, Putin and Trump.
Is it because they're homicidal maniacs, megalomaniacs, narcissists or psychopaths? That this may be a part of their nature that they cannot fight. My grandfather who bred mules and horses, would look a humans the same way as he looked at horseflesh. Sometimes he'd look at someone and say "Die saad is sleg gegooi." (The seed is badly thrown). These poor creatures are lost to themselves and to us because their genetic makeup has destined them to act out in this way. They find it almost impossible to fight their true nature.
They're all around us, of course. They're CEOs, managers, mothers and fathers and everything in-between.
Or is it as simple as that they don't have a boss to guide them? We all need a boss to protect us and guide us. Most of us have that boss. Be it a parent, a prefect at school, a supervisor, a manager, a managing director and a chairman. Even the Pope has a boss ... God. Unfortunately, because our bosses are as fractured as we are, we don't always get it right. But, at least there is someone that gives us a moment to pause before we act only in our interest.
I have a notion, that the individuals I've mentioned don't have a boss. They don't have someone to guide them. They believe their own PR and they think they can do no wrong. They have nobody to put them straight, chastise them or build them up. They have no compass because they think they are the compass. They're spiritually bereft because if they had an inkling that they're far from perfect, that they make mistakes and that they need guidance, they'd turn to their ultimate boss ... their creator. But they don't, because they think they're omnipotent.
Of course, now I wonder ... does God have a boss?
Last week I attended a running clinic by Norrie Williamson. He said something to the effect that running doesn’t cause injuries.
Running reveals bad habits that we havepicked up over time. Like sitting at a computer all day long. Sitting at the wrong angle facing the computer. Driving everywhere and not walking. Poor sleeping patterns. Incorrect running technique.
Wrong shoes. And, so on.
Essentially, running reveals our flaws.
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1. Volksrust Recorder - Rubrieke10 Recorder 28 November 2014
Ons soek altyd rede om onsself te regverdig. Kinders van God
soek soms teksversies om hulle eie optrede en keuses te regverdig.
Hoekom? Ons weier om verantwoordelikheid vir ons eie lewe en
keuses te neem. Dit is mos makliker om iets of iemand anders te
blameer. God vereis absolute gehoorsaamheid aan Sy Woord.
Enige kompromieë neem ons uit God se wil en bring ons op die
weg van sonde. So, sonde is om ongehoorsaam te wees aan die
stem van God. Ongehoorsaamheid lei ons op 'n verkeerde pad.
God keer ons nie! Hoekom? Hy het elke mens die keuse gegee.
Ek en jy kan self kies, maar dan self ook pa staan. Die verhaal van
Jona is seker een van die beste voorbeelde van God se toelaatbare
wil. Jona kies om ongehoorsaam te wees. Sy keuse lei hom na
Tarsus. Buite die wil van God. God stuur ‘n storm en ‘n vis
(genade) om Jona weer op koers te kry. So, God laat sekere dinge
toe maar Sy liefde en genade laat sekere omstandighede toe
sodat ons weer in Sy perfekte wil kan inbeweeg. Daar is altyd ‘n
doel met God se toelaatbare wil. Daar is twee belangrike waarhede
om te onthou. Satan se plan is vernietiging, God se plan is
restourasie en genesing. God se einddoel met ons as Sy kinders
is Goddelike karakter en die enigste manier om karakter te vorm is
om deur suiweringsprosesse te gaan. Job se lewe is sekerlik ‘n
goeie voorbeeld. God se plan was nie om Job te vernietig nie
maar om hom te suiwer. God het Satan toegelaat om sekere toetse
te bring. Onthou, Satan het pyn gebring, nie God nie. God
restoureer. Die einddoel van Job se lewe was belangriker as die
begin. Job was hoogmoedig. God laat toetse toe om Job te suiwer.
Hy word nederig en erken dit ook in Job 42. God laat ‘n storm oor
Jona losbreek. God se einddoel met Hom was dat hy in Nineve te
eindig. Ek en jy as kinders van God kan nie anders as om vuuroond
belewenisse te gaan nie. Dit kweek karakter en berei ons voor vir
toekomstige oorwinnings. Maar baie vuuroond belewenisse is
onnodig. Ons beweeg uit God se wil uit. God gebruik ons
ongehoorsaamheid om ons te vorm. Hy los ons nie. Ek lees in
Hebreërs 12:5-13, “ En julle het die vermaning heeltemal vergeet
wat tot julle as seuns spreek: My seun, ag die tugtiging van die
Here nie gering nie en beswyk nie as jy deur Hom bestraf word
nie; want die Here tugtig hom wat Hy liefhet, en Hy kasty elke
seun wat Hy aanneem. As julle die tugtiging verdra, behandel
God julle as seuns; want watter seun is daar wat die vader nie
tugtig nie? Maar as julle sonder tugtiging is, wat almal
deelagtig geword het, dan is julle onegte kinders en nie seuns
nie. Verder, ons het ons vaders na die vlees as kastyders gehad,
en ons het vir hulle ontsag gehad; moet ons nie veel meer aan
die Vader van die geeste onderworpe wees en lewe nie? Want
húlle het ons wel ‘n kort tydjie na hulle beste wete getugtig;
maar Hy tot ons beswil, sodat ons sy heiligheid kan deelagtig
word. Nou lyk elke tugtiging of dit op die oomblik nie ‘n saak
van blydskap is nie, maar van droefheid; later lewer dit egter
‘n vredevolle vrug van geregtigheid vir die wat daardeur
geoefen is. Daarom, rig die slap hande en die verlamde knieë
weer op; en maak reguit paaie vir julle voete, sodat wat kreupel
is, nie uit lit raak nie, maar liewer gesond gemaak word.”
Die einddoel van Jona se tugtiging was redding van siele. Die
einde van Josef se vuuroond belewenis was die redding van
Israel. So ons beleef teenstand a.g.v. twee redes. Ons het besluit
om ongehoorsaam te wees aan God se Woord (Jona) of God is
besig om ons voor te berei vir ‘n groter taak. (Josef). Dit is Sy
toelaatbare wil. Ons mag nie opsetlike sondig en dit toeskryf aan
God se toelaatbare wil nie. Nee God is heilig en Hy vereis
gehoorsaamheid. Dit is net genade dat Hy ons nie in ons paaie
van ongehoorsaamheid los nie. Hy tugtig die wat Hy lief het. Sy
einddoel is die redding van ons siele.
Ek sluit met die Woorde van Petrus. 1Pe 1:6-7, “ Daarin verheug
julle jul, al word julle nou—as dit nodig is—’n kort tydjie bedroef
onder allerhande beproewinge, sodat die beproefdheid van julle
geloof, wat baie kosbaarder is as goud wat vergaan maar deur
vuur gelouter word, bevind mag word tot lof en eer en heerlikheid
by die openbaring van Jesus Christus” Onthou ons keuse het
gevolge kies dan reg. Moenie mismoedig raak in vervolging nie
maar onthou God is besig om jou en my karakter te vorm vir ‘n
groter oorwinning.
Vrede,
Pastoor Johan Venter
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wilwilwilwilwil As a professional speaker, I play in the world of motivational speakers, gurus and industry experts.
A word that is bandied about by this fraternity is authenticity.
You’ll hear it from the podium … “live an authentic life”, “set authentic goals”, “be authentic to yourself” and
the like.
It is easy to say, “be authentic”. But being true to you is another story altogether.
I get the feeling that when people bandy about the word authentic it’s a case of Shakespeare’s “The lady doth
protest too much.” It might just be that they’re trying to hide that they are fake.
Being true to whom you are, your beliefs, your principles and your standards is a noble endeavor.
But sometimes, trying to live the authentic life can … well, be trying.
I often tell my audiences that we have digital holidays on weekends. No surfing the web and wasting time on
social media.
I was brought back to earth with such a jolt at how inauthentic (heck, that’s too soft … let’s just call it what it
is, fake) I really can be when my daughter caught me answering an email at the weekend on my smartphone.
“Daddy,” she said. “Daddy, you’re not present.” Yes, this is how they speak when they’re eight years old.
Goodness help me when she’s a teenager.
She was right, of course. I wasn’t present and worst of all I broke my word to her and the standards we had set
for our weekends.
This is just one incident that highlighted my feet of clay. Every time I say I will write and I don’t; every time I
say I will be more respectful with those who serve me and I’m not; every time I say I will spend quality time
with my family and I don’t and; every time I see something that’s just wrong and I say nothing … every time I
do this, I erode my integrity and authenticity.
Fortunately, the human condition is such that it will be able to justify any action or inaction. So, I get by with
rationalising. But when I hold that mirror up to who I really am I sometimes have to shut my eyes because what
I see is not someone who is authentic, but someone who is fake.
So, being authentic can be extremely difficult and maybe it is an impossible Grail quest. But, I believe it is the
only way to [strive to] live. Because the more authentic you become, and the more true you become to
yourself, the more true your dealings will be with others.
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VolksrustSeme Business Column
LabourministerOliphantupwardlyadjustsdomesticworkers'annualwages
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With Jacques de Villiers
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has approved the new wage structure for the Domestic Workers Sector following
the upward adjustment of the new minimum wage.The latest relief comes on the eve of the festive season. The
minimum wage adjustment is in line with legislation to protect workers in SouthAfrica in sectors in which they are
likely to be exploited, or where worker organisations and trade unions are absent, and workers are not covered by
regulating mechanisms. The new sectoral determination of domestic workers starting from 1 December 2014 to 30
November 2015 prescribes that the minimum wages for domestic workers who work more than 27 ordinary hours
per week as follows:
· Area A (those in major metropolitan areas) is R10.95 hourly rate, R476.68 weekly rate and R2065.47
monthly rate.
· Area B (those not covered in Area A) R9.30 hourly rate, R418.32 weekly rate and R1812.57 monthly
rate.
While the Minimum wages for domestic workers from 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015 who work 27 ordinary
hours per week or less is as follows:
· Area A (those in major metropolitan areas) is R12.40 hourly rate, R334.74 weekly rate and R1450.33
monthly rate.
· Area B (those not covered in Area A) R10.98 hourly rate, R296.35 weekly rate and R1284.09 monthly
rate.
The latest Sectoral Determination (SD) which establishes minimum wages for Domestic Workers will be applicable
for the period 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015. Its implementation is in the last year of the current three-year
sectoral determination cycle. In June 2014 the Department of Labour hosted Domestic Worker Sector national
public hearings to review the current three-year cycle of sectoral determination prescribing minimum wage and
conditions of employment for the sector – with a view to gauge the feelings of the stakeholders on the current SD
structure on whether it should be modified and how!The road show engagements focused on issues such as at
which minimum level should the new wage rate be set? Whether future minimum wage increases should still be
based on the consumer price index (CPI); issues of leave provisions (annual, sick, family responsibility, maternity,
paternity etc); and other related matters.In addition to the national public hearings Labour Minister in 2013 also
initiated a consultative process to engage with the domestic workers through “Izimbizo” going to various provinces
to get a better understanding of the Domestic Worker Sector and how to deal with problems facing the sector.Whilst
the jury is still out on whether sectoral determinations will continue in future, a new debate has started on the
possibility of introducing the national minimum wage in SouthAfrica especially for the vulnerable.
Application forms now available at Lewensvreugde or any of the Management Committee
members. Contact details for the Management Committee Members are as follow:
Willem Hüsselmann - 082 415 7725, Freddie Kapp - 017 735 4444, Johan Botha - 082 335
7274, Ashraf Moola - 082 588 5515, Ahmed Chothia - 082 554 4886