Art is his Passion

For some artists painting and drawing has always been their passion from childhood, while some artists such as Jonas Mailula, painting and drawing came as a resurrection of failed dreams. This young man, originally from Botlokwa (mathoks) did not even know he can draw, until 13 years ago when his goal to study health care did not succeed. Today Mailula obtains a Diploma in Art and design from Capricorn FET College (Seshego) and he sells paintings at the Polokwane Art Museum. His beautiful artwork reflects his roots as a young Pedi boy from Botlokwa village, it shows his childhood. He says, “My drawings are inspired by the places I have been to, where I come from and how I grew up.” If you take a closer look, you will experience a rural landscape in my drawings, he adds. One of his painting “the gate” shows where he used to herd the cows and goats as a little boy. Not only does his artwork tell a story about his childhood but also it reveals something that plays a major part in his life and his paintings, Music. Mailula has a passion for music and one of his goals is to learn how to play a guitar. He believes that music makes people come together in his community. In his paintings such as Mmapadi (kosa ya basadi), the Aspired musician and Playing the blues, he combines both his love for music with art. In conclusion, Jonas Mailula studied Art and Design because he could not succeed in studying health care but this young man enjoys mixing different paints that turn out into something breathtakingly beautiful.

companies have the right to hold their employees responsible for their individual activities on social media

INTRODUCTION

Social media can be seen as set of technologies that make it easier to have an interactive and productive communication. These technologies are used throughout the world to share ideas and information, and personal photos and videos. This discussion’s aim, however, is to show why companies should hold their employees responsible for individual activities on social media. It is known that image plays a big role when building a company or business, which is why employees should be held responsible for what they upload on their web page in order to protect the image of the company. More of this will be explained in details, in the next paragraphs.

WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?

According to Bradley (2010) Social media is a set of technologies and channels targeted at forming and enabling a potentially massive community of participants to productivity collaborate. Social media technologies, such as social networking, wikis and blogs, enable collaboration on a much grander scale and support tapping the power of collective in ways previously unachievable.

These set of technologies and channel allow people to create their own personal web pages and then connect with their families, friends and colleagues and share their beliefs, values, ideas and photos.

What people upload on the web pages say a lot about who they are and their surroundings, it reveals their personalities and what they believe in. This is why companies have to hold their employees responsible for their personal activities on social media in order to protect their own image.

Levinson (2009) stated that most members of social networks see their pages as personal not professional. And the danger that must be known to every student who has Facebook and twitter account arises: you upload photos while drunk at a party or similarly indisposed. Two years later, you apply for a job somewhere and they check those photos and decide not to hire you. This shows that image plays a big role in companies and it needs to be protected.

WHY COMPANIES HOLD THEIR EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

The social media users often write everything they feel of think on their pages and at times what they write might damage the company’s reputation. According to Wilson (2009) there are four principle worries that management has in regard to social networking: data lickage from staff gossiping freely in an open environment, damage to a company’s reputation, scams practiced by “cyber crooks”, and the open access to company information because of outdated passwords.

One other possible use of social networks that is a source of concern to management is the possible damage to the company’s reputation that can be brought about post online. If an employee were to be angry, or have had a bad day, they might be inclined to take their anger out online. This behaviour could damage the company’s reputation. However, employers have the right to hold employees responsible for such conduct if the posting are used to attack the company or harass co-workers (Bresline, 2009).

CONCLUSION

Therefore as discussed in previous paragraphs, employees should be held responsible for what they write on social media in order to protect the company image.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bradley, A.J. 2010. A New Definition Of Social Media. Available: http://blogs.gartner.com/anthony_bradley/2010/01/07/a-new-definition-of-social-media/ [accessed 08 March 2013]

Bresline, T. 2009. When social networking enters the workplace. Available: http://ezproxy.neumann.edu.2048 [accessed 08 March 2013]

Levinson, P. 2009. New New Media. United State of America: Pearson Education

Wilson, J. 2009. Social networking: the business case. Engineering&Technology. 10(4): 54-56

 

 

The possible environmental effects of fracking exploration of gas on South Africa's Karoo region.

INTRODUCTION:
The Karoo region, in South Africa has been exposed to the new technology- the hydraulic fracturing, also known as the fracking-that is injected underground to drill natural gas. This technology or process has benefits and negative environmental effects on the Karoo, this effects will be explained in detail in the next parragraphs.
What is the Hydraulic fracturing (fracking)?According to Cooley and Donnelly (2012) hydraulic fracturing that is also known as fraction refers to the process by which a fluid- a mix of water, sand and chemical additives- is injected into wells under high pressure to create cracks and fissures in rock formations that improve the production of these wells. Hydraulic fracturing is standard practice for extracting natural gas from unconventional sources; including coal beds, shale and tight sands, and is increasingly being applied to conventional sources to improve their productivity.
This process of producing natural gas is used across the world, in countries such as the United State of America, Australia and South Africa. In South Africa, the fracking exploration of gas is in the Karoo region. The Karoo is a desert in the western section of South Africa. It is divided into two parts, the great Karoo and the little Karoo.

The possible environmental effects of fracking exploration of gas.

• The positive environmental effects on fracking of gas in South Africa’s Karoo

Fracking exploration of gas has both positive and negative environmental effects on the Karoo. According to Stevens (2011) natural gas is a critical feedstock to many chemical production processes, and has many environmental benefits over coal as a fuel for electricity generation; over electricity and traditional heating fuels in the industrial, commercial and residential sectors. Because natural gas has the lowest carbon content of all fossil fuel and not a mixture of other carbon containing compounds with other organic impurities, it is the cleanest "burning" fossil fuel, including lower emissions of sulphur, metal compounds and carbon dioxide.
The hydraulic fracturing has the environmental benefits on the Karoo. Its main focus is to produce the natural gas, in other words this process ensures that there is enough gas for individuals. Although hydraulic fracturing benefits the Karoo, there are also negative environmental effects.

• The negative environmental effects on fracking of gas in South Africa’s Karoo

According to Woods et al. (2011) the key risks on fracking exploration are as follows; contamination of water ground by fracturing fluids/mobilised contaminants arising from wellbore or casting failure. This means that the fluids that are used for this process will make water dirty. Pollution of land and surface water (potentially ground water via surface route) arising from spillage of fracturing additives. Also other impacts arising during construction such as noise, light pollution during well drilling or completion.
The hydraulic fracturing can be dangerous to the environment on to human beings because of the pollution of land and water that it causes due to the spillage of the additives, spillage from liquid waste storage, lagoons/ pits containing cutting or drilling mud of flow back water.

CONCLUSION:
Therefore hydraulic fracturing is a process or technology that produces natural gas. It uses chemicals, fluid additives and a lot of water for the production. This process gives individuals enough gas but it also contaminates water and pollutes the land. Therefore hydraulic fracturing brings both advantages and disadvantages in the Karoo.
　
Bibliography:
Cooley, H. & Donnelly, K. 2012. Hydraulic fracturing and water resources: separating the frack from the fiction. California: University of California.
Stevens, B. 2011. The benefits of shale gas for outweigh. Available:
http://oilprice.com/energy/natural-gas/the-benefits-of-shale-gas-far-outweigh-the-negatives-of-fracking [accessed 26 February 2013]Wood, R., Gilbert, P., Sharmina, M. Anderson, K. 2011. Tyndal Centre: for the climate change Research. Manchester: University of Manchester