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/ 24 February 2012
The land questions continues to be a sensitive issue and must be handled with care because it can sow racial divsions.
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/ 10 February 2012
A seat on the ConCourt bench should be the most sought-after honour in any judicial career, so why is a vacancy not attracting enough applications?
Nelson Mandela is 91, his athlete’s body is frail and he has all but disappeared from public life. As an icon, Mandela is more robust than ever.
The M&G is not endorsing any party this election year. What we are endorsing is a victory of active choice.
Human resource development starts with teachers — professional men and women who teach primary school children to read, to write and to do arithmetic and who engage with high school learners to become critical thinkers and problem solvers. Teachers are building the foundation for South Africa’s future.
SOME hard thinking about where our children are at is long overdue. There are just too many disturbing signs that all is not well with the nation’s youth. It will be interesting to see what the government’s new diversity directorate says when it releases a report on values in schools next month. Hopefully we’ll be […]
THE image of schools making their own decisions, raising their own funds, and functioning as thriving community centres is a wonderful one. But how real is it? Many schools have been able to grab the reins of their new-found freedom granted by democracy and have soared to greater heights. They have managed to raise funds […]
WITH the memories (and scars) of apartheid still so strong, most of us flinch at notions of loyalty and nationhood. Loyalty to what? Should all South Africans share a common vision of this nation? A blind allegiance to a nation can be dangerous, not to mention insulting to our intelligence and ability to make independent […]
LITTLE is being done to help teachers develop a culture of human rights in their classrooms, a culture that will ultimately determine the success of our democracy. While we have a Constitution lauded by many as a blueprint for a modern democracy we have a rather different reality: crime, violence and a total disregard for […]