Alan Hammond


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Alan HammondAlan Hammond is the CEO of Portal Publishing. Alan co-founded Portal Publishing with his mother Sylvia Hammond in 2003, with the launch of the Skills Portal website.  Before that Alan was an independent HR and skills development consultant.  Alan learned about online publishing while working for the iafrica.com online publishing company from 1996 to 2002.  He started as an entertainment industry writer and rose to the rank of Managing Editor.

Alan studied at the University of Cape Town and holds an Honours Degree in Workplace Change & Labour Law from the Humanities Faculty, as well as the Associate in Management Certificate from the Graduate School of Business

Alan is the former Chair of the Publisher's Council of South Africa's association for online publishing, the IAB SA.

In his spare time Alan is a mountain biking enthusiast and a regular participant in his local parkrun.

Connect with Alan on Linkedin and find Alan's articles on Muckrack.com

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Articles by Alan:


SASSA's functioning to distribute social grants to needy South Africans depends on a team of dedicated professionals. Thus, vacancies within the organization are crucial for its successful operation and are often sought after by job seekers across the country.


There has been a big growth in private colleges in South Africa in recent years and they have increased the options available for young people when they are choosing where to study after school. Now as well as general courses there are also colleges that allow you to specialise in one industry from the start.


UCT students can plan for the rest of their academic year now that the end of year exam timetable has been released by the university.  The University of Cape Town examination office has made the timetable available to view and there's still time to appeal if there are any clashes for students.


If you are lucky enough to get an offer to study at Unisa you have to move quickly as you only have 10 days to accept the offer. We have all the information you need to make sure your acceptance at Unisa goes smoothly.


10th July UPDATE: WCED - The Western Cape Education Department will close schools ahead of the storm.   We have all the details.

 


Social media has been abuzz with many stories about the newly-appointed Government of National Unity and the Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube has also been featured in these. Careers Portal looked into the rumours that the new Minister plans to phase our Maths Lit as a subject in high schools next year. 


They are a relatively new name in South Africa but they are growing fast so they are a very popular company to work for. We have the details on how  you should apply to work at Astron Energy.


South African superstar Tyla continues her journey to the top with a successful night at the BET Awards. She took home two awards as her juggernaut to global success in the entertainment industry shows no signs of slowing down.


After a month of deliberations President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his new Cabinet for the government of national unity. There will be changes all round on the education front as both the departments of Basic Education and Higher Education will be getting new Ministers 


The Stellenbosch University residence at the centre of an initiation and abuse scandal earlier this year, will be closed down at the end of this academic year. This was announced by University management who have accepted the report of an independent legal team which found that the, "symbolism and apparent practices at Wilgenhof  were connected to those of the KKK, Nazism and white supremacy".








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