Margaret De Paravicini
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/ 26 February 2008

Fun with science

Illuminating, would perhaps be the best way to describe the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, housed in Newtown’s old Turbine Hall. Downstairs in the huge steel Victorian edifice, surrounded by interactive displays on the production of electricity, is the generator that once provided Johannesburg with its power.

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/ 28 February 2007

Gifted children

No matter what the job, there is always a fly in the ointment — teachers, for instance, would probably agree that the class troublemaker can be a daily irritant. He or she could be the learner sitting at the back, making snide comments that set off nudges and giggling. Or the inattentive youngster absently clicking her ballpoint pen.