Most working people dream about a carefree retirement, but the reality is quite different for the majority of retirees. Long-term research indicates that, out of every 100 working South Africans, the situation at age 65 would be as follows:
Schools can add to their income by recycling waste materials that would otherwise be discarded.
Having come from humble beginnings and with just a standard three (grade five) to her name, Rebecca Malope knows the importance of education – and how it can change your life.
What is the best leadership style for the classroom and the school? The consensus is that there is no single one that will be right all the time. Yet similar leadership styles are found in virtually all quality-driven schools.
PhD student Yonelle Moukoumbi (34) has been awarded a L’Oréal/Unesco for Women in Science fellowship to fund her studies of the genetic diversities of new varieties of rice. Fifteen fellowships are awarded every year to female scientists. Moukoumbi, a citizen of Gabon, is the first researcher from her country to receive this award.
When business schools look for case material in object lessons on how not to run an enterprise, Eskom has no peer and no precedent in South Africa. Its January wipeout where it shut down the mines and hobbled the country’s growth prospects, is breathtaking in both its scale and impact.
A new education-based website offers schools, parents and pupils a cost-effective and convenient online method of buying and selling new and old textbooks, sports equipment, musical instruments and other equipment.
Children in South Africa’s poorest schools are performing the worst and it is the children of the poor whom society is failing the most. This is according to the head of Wits University’s school of education, Professor Mary Metcalfe. Metcalfe was commenting on a statement by Education Minister Naledi Pandor that a “significant” number of […]
Newcastle United drew a scrappy Premier League relegation clash 1-1 at Birmingham City on Monday leaving coach Kevin Keegan still without a win in eight league matches since returning to the club. James McFadden opened the scoring for the home side with a well taken goal after muscling Abdoulaye Faye out of his way.
The Mozambican government has made an urgent appeal to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to help more than 60 000 people left destitute when Cyclone Jokwe hit northern and central parts of the country. The WFP said in a statement it would begin distributing food to needy communities early next week.