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/ 9 September 2008
World Teachers’ Day is held annually on October 5 and commemorates the contributions of teachers across the globe. Since its inception in 1994 more than 100 countries have joined in to observe this special day, which aims to mobilise support for the profession. According to Unesco, World Teachers’ Day represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contribution that teachers make to education and development. the Teacher wishes to acknowledge all our readers on World Teachers’ Day for their massive contribution to educate South Africa’s children. Happy World Teachers’ Day!
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/ 21 November 2005
Inequality matters. It is often thought that only absolute poverty is important and that if all members of society have a minimum standard of living, the relative distribution of wealth is of no consequence. However, inequalities in income, wealth and opportunity have been found to lead to political instability.
Attracting greater foreign direct investment may indeed be the key to South Africa’s future economic growth, but it is certainly no easy task. Perhaps the answer lies in South Africa’s reserves of human capital, the most striking of which are members of the country’s highly trained medical community. South Africa is well positioned to become a leading destination for outsourced medical services.
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/ 23 September 1994
Louise Flanagan GETTING Sun king Sol Kerzner to court to face bribery and corruption charges might be more difficult than hitting the jackpot in one of the Sun International (SI) casinos. The attorney general in the former Transkei homeland, Christo Nel, has determinedly chased the SI chairman for four years and he’s not ready to […]