Alan Hammond


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Alan HammondAlan Hammond is the General Manager of Portal Online 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.

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Articles by Alan:


The legal battle between the Basic Education Department and the Information Regulator has been decided, less than  a week before Matric students hope to find their final exam results in newspapers.


The fight over the publication of Matric results for the class of 2024 is going on - and getting more expensive. The Information Regulator is going to court to continue their fight to stop Matric results being published in newspapers.


Concerns about privacy saw the Information Regulator calling on the Basic Education Department to stop their practice of publishing Matric results in newspapers. But Minister Siviwe Gwarube says she's confident that publishing the results in newspapers does not infringe on anyone's privacy.


After many years without a local presence, the world's most famous ecommerce company Amazon has officially opened their South African operation.  And to celebrate their first Black Friday in the country they have a wide range of special offers - that are already available for bargain hunters.


Do you have to wake up early on the 29th November to get your Black Friday specials, or do the deals last longer than one day? We look into how different retailers handle Black Friday discounts and deals.


It started out as an American holiday, built around a long weekend in the United States. But now Black Friday has spread to many countries in the world - and South Africans are always on the lookout for a bargain - so we've embraced this new money-saving tradition.

 


It is one of the country's biggest mass mobilisations and it starts tomorrow as 882,336 candidates will start to write the 162 different exam papers that have been set for this year's National Senior Certificate results. The Basic Education Minister has a plea for communities across the country on behalf of these matrics.


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.


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.


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Post-Matric Options

 

We helped you with past papers for your matric exams, so hopefully you are happy with your Matric results. So now you are faced with a lot of post-matric options that can shape your future paths. You might want to study law, teaching, or nursing. Of course studying is expensive so we have helpful advice about student loans, NSFAS bursaries, Fundi loans, ISFAP, and lots of other funding options.

These options range from pursuing higher education at universities , TVET Colleges or  private colleges, finding student accommodation, entering vocational training programs (like Learnerships and internships), joining the workforce, or even starting your own business. There are so many choices but we are here to help.

 


 

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