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The Office of the Rights of the Child in the Presidency is three years late in submitting a progress report on children’s rights to the United Nations — tainting South Africa’s image as a human rights champion. Child rights activists have slammed the office for failing to submit the report, which was due in 2002 as part of South Africa’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The World Health Organisation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids have written to the Dr Rath Health Foundation demanding that it remove from its website all reference to their names within three weeks, or ”appropriate action” will be taken.
It is not extraordinary for Maasai warriors to walk for months as nomads across Africa in search of grazing land. But it is bizarre to see a six-foot, regal, ebony skinned warrior gliding across Long Street in downtown Cape Town, amid quaint coffee shops, carrying his spear and kitted out in his majestic blood-red blankets.
Taxpayers spooked by the prospect of a hefty income tax hike to fund the expansion of the private health system can relax. The proposal, already in the works for two years, faces major obstacles. The Department of Health wants to expand the number of South Africans using the private system by raising income taxes.
Nawaal Deane spoke to Strini Pillai, of popular South African soapie, Generations, about life before fame Did you know that you wanted to be an actor when you were in school? I was an all rounder, always involved in singing, dancing and acting from primary school level. Academically I was a good student and achieved […]
Victor Vermeulen was 19 with an exceptional future as a world class cricketer when he jumped into a swimming pool and broke his neck. Eight years later he has become one of South Africa’s leading motivational speakers Nawaal Deane spoke to him about his school days. What was most memorable days at school? I loved […]
The Montessori philosophy teaches children respect, writes Nawaal Deane If you don’t behave I am going to hit you!” How many times have you heard these words from parents trying to discipline their unruly children? Most teachers and parents use outdated forms of discipline, like shouting, threatening, bribing or resorting to hitting. But they find […]
Instead of choosing knitting as her pastime, pensioner Jane O’Hara prefers to give reading lessons to pupils at Troyeville Primary School on a voluntary basis. On any given Tuesday and Wednesday you will find her sitting with a pupil for half an hour, giving them the individual attention they need to improve their ability to […]
This is the first in a series of fact-filled health columns that will touch on many issues affecting the health of students. Our living organism operates on four levels: the intellectual, emotional, spiritual and physical. At school it is essential to ensure that all these levels are balanced because a deficit in one affects all […]