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Does a Table of Contents help with SEO and AI Snippets

How Do AI Bots Decide to Cite Your Content?

The current thinking around being noticed and cited by AI Bots is to ensure that they know exactly what your article is about – a no brainer as traditional SEO also demands this.

But, we need to take that thinking up a notch or two by providing a bulleted ‘Table of Contents’ (ToC) or a bulleted ‘Too Long Didn’t Read’ (TLDR) Section within each article.

Here at MyPR we are rolling out such a service (to Featured Press Releases ONLY) that only needs to to take cogniscance of the underlying structure or method of how to do so. i.e. you only have to do ONE thing to enable the ToC’s for your press release.

Does a table of contents help with SEO and AI Snippets:

According to Google AI; “Yes, a table of contents (TOC) helps with SEO and AI snippets by improving user experience and providing clear structure, which can lead to better visibility in search results. By helping users quickly navigate content and allowing search engines to better understand page hierarchy, a TOC can result in increased click-through rates, higher rankings, and a greater chance of appearing in features like AI Overviews or featured snippets.” See also screenshot below.

How Does MyPR Accomplish This?

Simply put, through use of Heading Tags (H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6).

Your heading tags are a signal to indexing bots (Search Engines, AI etc.) of the decreasing importance of each heading – with H1 being most important and biggest and then cascading down to H6).

As an example – in this article you are reading we encapsulated each heading in Heading tags – H3 is just the right size and bold to trigger the Table of Contents you see above.

The ToC will only be triggered for more than three H tags.

All you need to do to trigger the Table of Contents is to use ONE Header Tag as there are already three H3 headings in each article – Images, Video and Links.

Can I Cascade my Table of Contents?

The short answer is Yes – see below for the importance and above for what happens when you ‘cascade’ your titles.

Header One: An example of cascading tags

The title above is an H1 tag.

Header Two:

The title above is an H2 tag.

Header Three:

The title above is an H3 tag.

Header Four:

The title above is an H4 tag.

Header Five:

The title above is an H5 tag.

Header Six:

The title above is an H6 tag.

How do I ‘choose’ a Header Tag?

If you are using the Rich Text Editor then highlight the title you want as a heading, click on the ‘Paragraph’ setting in the top left corner of the editor and select your Header – Please do not select ALL H1 tags. If your selected titles would normally be BOLD only then please select H3 as the Heading title tag.

If you are using the code editor then I shouldn’t have to explain how at all and you could probably give us all a lesson.

Where will the Table of Contents appear?

At the top of every article submitted from your Featured Press Release submission page.

What Can You Expect?

Suffice to say – a higher probability of being cited in an AI Snippet and appearing on the first index pages of the various search engines.

REMEMBER: The possibility of being cited also heavily depends on the title keywords, subject matter and relevance to the paragraph immediately following your title. In other words don’t use a title that says; “Why MyPR Has Got Your Back” and then talk about the crazy foods you just ate in Outer Mongolia!

How Do You Start Using the ToC?

Just use Heading Tags (H3) where you would have bolded your press releases and make sure that you use at least one title to trigger it (We have three already in place in every release – Images, Video, Links).

I Don’t want to use the Table of Contents

Then simply OMMIT using any Heading Tags in your featured press release.

Can I Close the Table of Contents?

Yes, – click on the menu button to the right of the Table of Contents title. Click again to open.

What Plugin Did MyPR Use?

There are a number of WordPress Plugins available to accomplish a Table of Contents.

We wanted a plugin that was ‘popular’ and used a shortcode.

Easy Table of Contents accomplished this relatively seamlessly for us.

Visit Easy Table of Contents: https://tocwp.com/

In the video below, Stewart Gauld shows you two other methods you could use to install a Table of Contents on your WordPress site.

Gauld emphasises that a Table of Contents section does the following:

Enhances user navigation
Improves SEO
Structures Content

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National Bargaining Councils – Should Their Financial Performance Be Readily Available to Members?

What are Bargaining Councils:

National Bargaining Councils in South Africa are bodies established through the Labour Relations Act, consisting of employer and employee organizations within a specific industry. They negotiate collective agreements, resolve labor disputes, and establish various workplace schemes and training programs. These agreements can cover wages, working conditions, benefits, and dispute resolution procedures.

The turnover of national bargaining councils in South Africa varies widely depending on the specific council and industry. Some councils manage significant funds through levies collected from employers and employees, while others may have more modest financial operations.

There are 38 registered Bargaining Councils in South Africa:

21 National Councils
5 Provincial Councils
12 City and Town Councils

Some of the registrations of these date back to 1934. To the financially minded reading this – that means that these Bargaining Councils have benefited from nearly One Hundred years of compound interest on member’s financial contributions.

An up to date number of members of bargaining councils in 2025 is a bit of a crap shoot to determine so we can only go on what we have found online so far. In 2005 a study by UCT showed that a total of 1 091 214 employees were members of bargaining councils.

The research by the UCT DPRU demonstrated that, in the private sector, average wages for employees covered by bargaining council agreements were R2 286, while those for employees outside the bargaining council environment were R3 272. The only group that benefited from bargaining council agreements was Elementary Workers, whose average wages were R1 968 compared to R1 149 for workers outside the bargaining council environment.

In 2012 COSATU estimated that 2.2 Million workers were covered by bargaining councils.

Employer and Employee contributions to these bargaining councils vary and the fees are often on a sliding scale – one of the most quoted figures is R8.50 per employer and R8.50 per employee. Typically Bargaining Council members pay these types of fees: Holiday Fund, Pension/Provident Funds, Funeral benefit and Sick Benefit Fund. Bargaining Council staff also provide advice to employers and employees in the industry regarding a wide spectrum of Labour related issues such as: Retrenchments, Unfair dismissals, Industrial action, Contracts of employment, Training and affirmative action.

Bargaining Council Exco:

Looking at the Bargaining Councils, a number of the Bargaining Councils accredited by CCMA are headed up by Advocates, lawyers and professional persons commanding high salaries.

Now this is where the ‘GREY AREA’ comes in as oftentimes the members of a Bargaining Council have no idea of just how their money is being utilised and, in many cases, whether the Bargaining Council actually is solvent!

The Labour relations Act demands that each Bargaining Council submit it’s annual financial statements to the Department of Labour AND, in the LRA is an example constitution that specifies that Bargaining Councils must keep their members apprised of their financial results.

BUT, it is that 2.2 Million odd members number that got us to thinking that the amount of money collected on a monthly basis by these Bargaining Councils is in the tens of Millions of Rand. Add to that pension funds and other services and the motivation to start one’s own Bargaining Council increases somewhat.

These Bargaining Councils manage Pension Funds on behalf of members and these funds are more often than not in the BILLIONS under management.

As a member of a Bargaining Council I, personally, would feel a great sense of comfort if my council’s financial statements were publicly available AND reflecting a healthy positive balance.

So, we embarked on a massive look at these Bargaining Councils to find Financial Statements, Fees and other relevant information on behalf of employees.

We visited the web sites of each Bargaining Council and, donning our ‘common man’ cap, checked each for a recognisable link to financial statements.

Of the 38 council web sites that we visited we found:

8 Councils with publicly available financial statements
Of those an impressive 5 councils are SA Government related

Between the 8 sets of financial statements:

The 8 councils reflect a turnover of R885 294 374
The 8 councils reflect reflect a surplus of R155 154 208.81

Bargaining Councils Annual Reports and Financial Statements:

Amanzi Bargaining Council – NOTHING

Building Industry Bargaining Council – NOTHING

Building Bargaining Council (North and West Boland) – WEB SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Bargaining Council for the Canvas Goods Industry (Gauteng) – NO WEB SITE

National Bargaining Council for Clothing Manufacturing Industry – NOTHING

Bargaining Council for the Contract Cleaning Services Industry – NOTHING

Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry – We were very impressed with the web site and even more so with the council’s Annual Report which included their financial statements to be found here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/0889b5d0d9.html#page/43 showing a healthy R15.8 Million surplus from a R61 992 000 revenue for 2024 and cash reserve of R74.772 Million. This exemplary reporting is sure to give members of this Bargaining Council comfort that their council is healthy and in a position to cover any cataclysmic events.

National Bargaining Council for the Chemical Industry – This councils financials are reported on in the AGM report as follows: A surplus of R2.4 million. Revenue of R21 345 206. The Council’s investments reached R28 186 279 – a significant increase of R8.3 million from the prior year. Levies collected totaled R21 289 949, a R1m increase compared to the previous year. Cash flow remained positive, with a year-end balance of R1 291 684. Full report here: https://nbcci.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NBCCI-AGM-2024-REPORT.pdf

Bargaining Council for the Diamond Cutting Industry of South Africa – NO WEB SITE

National Bargaining Council for the Electrical Industry of South Africa – NOTHING

Bargaining Council for the Fishing Industry – NOTHING

Bargaining Council for the Food Retail, Restaurant, Catering & Allied Trades – WEB SITE UNREACHABLE

Bargaining Council for the Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades – NOTHING

Statutory Council for the Fast Food, Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades – WEB SITE UNREACHABLE

Furniture Bargaining Council – NOTHING

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry of the Western Cape – NOTHING

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry, KwaZulu/Natal – WEB SITE UNREACHABLE

Bargaining Council for the Grain Industry (National) – NOTHING

National Bargaining Council for the Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry – This council makes it’s Pension Fund report available here: https://hcsbc.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HBSI-Trustee-Report-28-02-2025-20-06-2025.pdf The monthly fee to members for 2025 is R168 per month for Active members which stood at 5 242 as at 29 February 2024. We FAILED to find the council’s financial statements.

Bargaining Council for the Laundry, Cleaning and Dyeing Industry (KwaZulu Natal) – WEB SITE UNREACHABLE and DEREGISTERED

National Bargaining Council of the Leather Industry of South Africa – DOMAIN HOLDING PAGE

Bargaining Council for the Meat Trade, Gauteng – NOTHING

Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (National) – NOTHING

Motor Industry Bargaining Council (National) – NOTHING

Motor Ferry Industry Bargaining Council of South Africa (National) – NOTHING

Bargaining Council for the New Tyre Manufacturing Industry (National) – NO WEBSITE

National Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector – NOTHING

National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI) – The latest financial reports are in a DATED Annual Report from 2020 here: https://www.nbcrfli.org.za/Annual%20Reports/2020%20NBCRFLI%20ANNUAL%20REPORT.pdf – This council reported a R103 945 668 surplus for 2020 from a top line revenue of R604 250 817. Giving a total surplus of R636 830 916 as at 29 February 2020. Financial Statements for the subsequent years are not available at time of publication.

South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) – NOTHING

National Bargaining Council for the Sugar Manufacturing and Refining Industry – WEB SITE UNREACHABLE

National Textile Bargaining Council – NOTHING

Transnet Bargaining Council (National) – WEB SITE UNREACHABLE

National Bargaining Council for the Wood and Paper Sector – REPORTS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST – https://www.nbcwps.org.za/reports.html

Education Labour Relations Council – Colour us impressed – a well laid out web site with direct links from the front page to Annual Reports – https://elrc.org.za/docs/annual-report-2023-2025/ – The ELRC reported a R29 910 428 surplus off of Revenue of R106 192 887 leaving an accumulative surplus of R291 308 370

General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council – This council reported a loss for the year of R508 707 off of a revenue of R55 794 947. This left a total cash surplus of R10 556 058. See: https://gpssbc.org.za/download/51/annual-reports/1279/gpssbc-annual-report-2022-2023

Public Health and Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council – One more council with easy to navigate and find Annual Reports, see: https://www.phsdsbc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/FINAL-2023-24-Annual-Report.pdf – Revenue for the years was R44 782 669 with toal operating costs at R40 788 919 all contributing to a retained reserve of R62 964 946

Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council – This council made their annual reports available under a Media Tab here: https://pscbc.org.za/index.php/docman/annual-reports/2358-pscbc-2022-2023/file – The turnover for the year was R48 647 684.81 and expenses R49 034 614 leaving a loss for the year of R386 930.81. No retained surplus or management accounts were provided.

Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council – Anther easy to find Annual Report here – https://sssbc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/158706SSSBCAR2024WEB-1.pdf – this council reported turnover of R30 909 090, expenses of R27 276 929 for a surplus of R2 576 261 after adding investment and other revenue for the year.

South African Local Government Bargaining Council – NOTHING

Statutory Council for the Squid and Other Fisheries of South Africa – WEB SITE UNREACHABLE

Statutory Council of the Printing, Newspaper and Packaging Industry of South Africa – NOTHING

Bargaining Councils Serve Different Industries such as:

Building Industry
Canvas Goods
Clothing Manufacturing
Cleaning Services
Chemical Industry
Civil Engineering
Diamond Cutting
Electrical Industry
Fishing Industry
Food, Retail, Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades
Furniture
Grain Industry
Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry
Laundry, Cleaning and Dyeing Industry
Leather Industry
Meat Trade
Metal and Engineering
Motor Industry
New Tyre Manufacturing Industry
Private Security
Road Freight and Logistics Industry
Road Passengers
Sugar Manufacturing and Refining
Textiles
Transnet Bargaining Council
Wood and Paper
Education
Public Service
Public Health and Social Development
South African Local Government
Squid and Related Fisheries
Printing, Newspaper and Packaging Industry

Bargaining Councils, just like any public facing business, should be subject to unfettered scrutiny by members first, regulators second and the general public third.

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Eastern Cape Families Affected by 2023 Floods to Wait Until Next Year for Houses

Families living in temporary houses in Komani in the Eastern Cape will have to wait at least until 2027-8 to be rehoused.

Hundreds of families in Komani, Eastern Cape, displaced by floods in 2023 are still waiting for their promised houses.
They are living in dilapidated, leaking temporary accommodation with no electricity and limited water and sanitation.
Meanwhile a huge housing project launched before the floods is still in the initial phase.

Construction has still not started on a huge Eastern Cape housing project launched in 2023. Meanwhile families affected by floods later in 2023 are still waiting for their promised houses.

More than 500 households in Silvertown and Gauteng informal settlements in Komani were hit by floods in February 2023. At least three people were confirmed dead and about 420 families were moved to temporary shelters.

Two years later they are still living in their temporary houses, many of which are dilapidated and leak.

Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlement spokesperson Yanga Funani told GroundUp the affected families would get permanent housing in the 3,000-unit New Rathwick housing project. He said the project, which had already been launched at the time of the floods, was still in the initial phase – the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

Construction was due to start in 2027/28, he said.

Funani did not respond to questions from GroundUp about why the first phase was taking so long.

Meanwhile many of the temporary houses, near the Luvuyo Lerumo High School, have broken walls and leaking roofs. The area has no electricity and according to residents crime is very high, especially at night.

Each toilet is shared by five families. Residents have to fetch water from a water tank and carry the bucket to flush the toilet.

Residents said the toilets often get full and the municipality takes a long to empty them.

Chris Hani District Municipality spokesperson Thobeka Mqamelo said the 106 toilets were emptied every two to three months. She said foreign objects like dead animals, garbage, and stones were thrown into the septic tanks, blocking the toilet system.

But community leader Lelethu Mfaku said when they call the municipality to empty the toilet, they are often told to wait because there’s only one vacuum tanker that services the whole Chris Hani District. She said they sometimes waited months until the tanker came.

There are 16 water tanks but according to Mqamelo two have been stolen and one has been damaged by wind. Mfaku said the tanks are filled twice a week, but families still run out of water.

“To charge our phones we need to go to another area. There are no street lights here, crime is worse and the sad thing is that it seems like our officials have forgotten about us.”

Resident Noxolo Maphipha shares a one-room temporary house with her adult son. She cooks outside using wood and uses a candle for lighting at night.

“When I need to relieve myself, I first go get water from the tank then go down to the toilet. As you can see, both the water tank and the toilets are far from my house,” she said.

She has put large stones on her roof and a wooden support for the wall, which she says shakes in the wind.

Some flood victims were left behind in Gauteng informal settlement. Resident Similo Wambi, who moved to the area in 2008, says there are no toilets and families use an open field. They get water from the river or the taxi rank.

Since the floods “not a single official has come to check on us”, said Wambi.

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Repairs to Crumbling Clinic Delayed

A dilapidated three-roomed house used as the Haytor clinic is in a terrible state. A project to renovate the building was halted for a while because the Eastern Cape Department of Health did not pay the contractor.

Haytor Clinic in Whittlesea near Komani is currently in a terrible state.
The property, built in 1976, has three rooms, so there’s barely any privacy for nurses to conduct tests or counsel patients. This usually happens in the waiting area in front of other patients.
A R9-million tender was awarded to a contractor last year to renovate the existing clinic, build three new structures and ablutions.
But the project is currently on hold because, among other reasons, the department failed to pay the contractor.

A dilapidated three-roomed house is where patients attending Haytor Clinic in Whittlesea near Komani have to receive medical treatment. The property, built in 1976, has a leaking roof and when it rains, patients have to jump over puddles of water.

Because the clinic has three rooms, there’s barely any privacy where nurses can conduct tests or counsel patients on their treatment. These usually happen in the waiting area in front of other patients.

In mid-2024, the Eastern Cape Department of Public Works and Infrastructure awarded a R9-million tender to a contractor to renovate the existing clinic, build three new structures and ablutions.

Nearly a year later, the project remains incomplete. Residents and staff say the contractor left the site in May. But returned two days after we visited the site.

When we visited the site last month, no workers were there. While the roof on a section of the building had been removed for repairs, it had not been replaced. There was a lot of rubble and building material left unattended at the site.

Provincial health spokesperson Siyanda Manana said the project was meant to be completed by June. He said there were major delays due to late payments to the contractor and weather challenges. He did not explain the reason for the delay.

The project has been halted for more than a month to allow the department time to make payment, confirmed Manana. Work at the site has since started again.

The clinic serves about a thousand people from three villages.

Zwelinzima Ntlabezi, who works as a caretaker at the clinic, said that when it rains, he has to run to the clinic to cover patient files and medication.

He said the roof of the old nurse’s house was destroyed by a storm years ago. “The consultation rooms are very small. We have a doctor that always complains about the space because she only has a small corner to treat people,” said Ntlabezi.

Patient Busisiwe Mlandeli complained that her tests were done in front of other patients. “At least when it’s not cold we wait outside,” she said.

Mlandeli said when the contractor was introduced to community members, they were told the project would be done within six months.

“This is very frustrating,” she said. “We really need this clinic because in this village there’s little network coverage, so we struggle to call for an ambulance when there’s an emergency.”

Ward 21 councillor Lazola Pukwana said department officials promised an end to the payment issues when the project resumes. “We are hoping that they will stick to that because the medication can’t stay covered with a sail.”

However, Manana disputes that the clinic’s medication and files are exposed to the elements. He said it is kept in steel cabinets.

The clinic, Manana said, will be completed in November.

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