In Brief

THE SATORI GROUP SA has appointed Di King to replace Nicky Wessels as MD with immediate effect. Wessels, who led the company for five years, is understood to be taking a sabbatical.

A REPORT RELEASED by the Public Services Commission (PSC) shows that government is stepping up its commitment to root out corruption in the public service. According to the PSC, there has been an increase in the number of criminal proceedings instituted against public servants for having defrauded the government. - BuaNews

THE GORDON INSTITUTE of Business Science is looking for the brightest and best in South African business to receive a full MBA scholarship from the institute. There is a snag, though - interested parties will have only 60 seconds to convince the adjudicators that they are the right person to win.

WESTERN CAPE schools have performed well in this year's National Computer Olympiad competition, according to BuaNews. The province's education department has told that more than eight of the Olympiad's 15 finalists come from the Western Cape. This year, a record 31 926 pupils from 433 schools across the country participated in the competition.

MICROSOFT HAS appointed Thomas Hansen to lead its West, East and Central Africa region. Hansen, who once led the SMB business unit for the South African operations, is expected to strengthen relationships with customers and partners in his new role. - AllAfrica.com

IBM SA has appointed Andrew Soddy as brand manager of the System x range.

EDUCATION MINISTER Naledi Pandor has expressed concern over the declining use of indigenous languages in schools, saying they were increasingly being relegated to the periphery of the education system. Pandor has called on language experts as well as academics to come up with guidelines on how best neglected languages could be promoted.