Paradigm Shift is a US non-profit organisation started by two NCCers, Jedd & Janelle Schroy.

Paradigm Shift is working in South Africa in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. Paradigm Shift trains South African churches to empower the entrepreneurial poor through business training, microloans, mentoring and biblical discipleship. Paradigm Shift currently works with 7 churches and is expanding to 20 churches over the coming year.

Paradigm Shift is recruiting for two short-term staff positions (4 months: beginning August to end of November). Take a look at the idealist links below and apply today if you think it’s for you!

Regional Discipleship Manager: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/384779-261
Project Replication Specialist: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/384778-228

NOTE: Paradigm Shift has a staff of seven well-educated, passionate, motivated young professionals (ages 24 - 33) who are committed to training churches to rethink outreach and create sustainable poverty reduction in their communities. If this sounds like, you…please apply! This is an opportunity unlike any other.

Check out http://www.shiftingparadigms.org.

However, due to the large quantity of traffic contraventions committed on our roads and consequently flowing through our criminal court system, our courts are overloaded with traffic offences that hamper their ability to either deal with other criminal offences effectively or to deal with each and every traffic contravention effectively.

The purpose of the new traffic law is to promote road-traffic quality by providing a scheme that discourages road-traffic contraventions, facilitates the adjudication of road traffic infringements, supports the prosecution of offences committed under the act and implements a point demerit system.

The point demerit system will apply to owners, drivers and operators of motor vehicles, and will work as follows:

• The act distinguishes between minor infringements, major infringements and offences, and points will be allocated according to the type and severity of the infringement or offence. The prescribed number of points to be allocated to various infringements and offences still needs to be finalised;

• Each driver or operator (infringer) will start with zero points on commencement of the act;

• Operators will receive points separately from their drivers. For example, when a driver of a transport company commits an infringement, points will be allocated to the operator’s permit and to the driver’s licence;

• The infringer may accumulate a maximum number of 12 points. All points accumulated over and above this 12-point maximum will result in the infringing driver’s licence being suspended and cancelled on the third suspension. The maximum number of points an operator may accumulate is still subject to discussion;

• The length of a suspension will depend on the number of points the infringer has accumulated exceeding 12 points. For every point accumulated above 12 points a suspension period of three months is applied. If an infringer has accumulated 12 points and thereafter commits an infringement or offence with a prescribed penalty of two demerit points, the infringer’s licence will be suspended for six months;

• Once an infringer’s licence has been suspended for the third time, the infringer’s licence will be cancelled, and after termination of the suspension period the infringer will have to re-apply for the driving or operating licence;

• Demerit points will be reduced at a flat rate of one point every three months;

• Demerit points will be incurred either on the date on which the penalty payable for the infringement is paid, when the infringer has made arrangements to pay the penalty off in instalments, or alternatively when the infringer has been convicted of the offence.

On being suspected of committing an infringement the person who has allegedly committed the infringement will be served with an infringement notice.

this would’ve been a great opportunity to serve and see another part of the world, wish I wasn’t too busy!

Yes it is great opportunity opp. Really Let me know

There is no doubt that it is a great opportunity. Any waiting for the next one to catch up.

will this happen in 2011?