Experts say the often chaotic land reform programme has compromised food production: white farmers facing land claims are reluctant to plant crops, while emerging black farmers have insufficient training and support to produce the quantities of food needed by the domestic market.
Winter is just around the corner and, with it, the school holidays most families dread because they struggle to find somewhere to go to make up for the cold – or even a place to escape it.
Excitement was in the air at Malvern High School in Johannesburg when 20 learners arranged a circle of chairs for a brainstorming session. The purpose was to highlight the importance of young people thinking for themselves and thinking more effectively.
Tax is one of the most important features of any expatriate contract because of the interaction of various tax jurisdictions. Being a financial issue, companies are alert to ensure their employees do not become liable for tax in two jurisdictions. For tax purposes, a person is regarded as a South African resident if he or she physically resides in the country for an unbroken period of more than 91 days in the current year.
Soweto-born contemporary art specialist Melissa Mboweni has been named the curator of the fourth MTN New Contemporaries Award. A former curator of the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, Mboweni brings to the role a wealth of experience necessary for selecting the country’s top emerging young artists later this year.
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) will probably have to impose much more stringent regulations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing than the customer identification, record keeping and reporting of suspicious transactions it currently requires, says its director, Murray Michell.
Most South African schools have enrolled a significant number of foreign learners from neighbouring countries that are experiencing political and economic instability.
PRIMARY EDUCATION IN CRISIS: Why South African schoolchildren underachieve in reading and mathematics by Brahm Fleisch
Petrus Mahlatsi’s brace kept Bloemfontein Celtic’s hopes of qualifying for the top eight alive when they beat Bidvest Wits 2-0 in an Absa Premiership match at the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium on Sunday. Celtic meant business from the start, pushing forward in numbers in search of the lead. Their efforts paid off as early as the second minute when Mahlatsi broke the deadlock.
South African Hennie Otto secured a maiden European Tour victory after a one-stroke triumph over Briton Oliver Wilson in the Italian Open on Sunday. Otto fired a closing-round 69 for a 25-under par tally of 263, one stroke clear of Wilson, who carded a bogey-free 64 on the Castello di Tolcinasco course.