A senior Somali Islamist leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, on Tuesday rejected a three-month truce reached between Mogadishu and its main political foes at United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Djibouti a day earlier.
A fifth construction worker has died of injuries he sustained when a Stellenbosch building collapsed during renovation work on Monday afternoon, the Department of Labour said.
When Mike and Claire Carr’s youngest children were born, they became painfully aware of the growing number of missing children in South Africa.
Blogs, blogs, blogs! The term has been getting a lot of attention lately. Everywhere you go people try to get you to look at their blog. I must confess I loved the recent TV advert where an "internetless" person misunderstands her suitor’s intentions when he asks her to take a peep at his blog. Slaps ensue.
The government’s policy of providing free education to South Africa’s poorest children is failing and should be scrapped, argues a newly released report by the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa).
Tertiary education is expensive. At present a B Com degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal costs about R16 000 in tuition fees plus R3 000 for books and, if needed, R10 000 for residence – a total of R29 000 – and this outlay is required each year for the duration of the degree.
Research has found that many children in South Africa come from disadvantaged communities with limited access to reading materials and an and oral culture where book reading is uncommon.
Creating a school of educational excellence is tough. Yet by using certain tools and techniques, it can be done.
Arts and culture teacher Lizethe Roux does not miss the National Arts Festival, which runs this year from June 26 to July 5. She told the Teacher how educators can make the most of their visit
The new director of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown has taken office about 20 years after he staged his first production at the annual event. Ismail Mahomed is an accomplished playwright, theatre director and arts administrator. His work has been staged in Chile, Denmark, Germany and the United States, but remains firmly rooted in South Africa’s art and culture sector.