Staff Reporter
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/ 17 March 2008

Krige puts the boot into SA Rugby Union

Former Springbok captain CornĂ© Krige has slammed the South African Rugby Union’s part in the contractual issue surrounding Springbok coach Peter de Villiers. De Villiers is still in limbo regarding his contract as Springbok coach, and will only sign it after a controversial clause on selection is removed

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/ 17 March 2008

Matching numbers with technology

For many years I trained grade 10, 11 and 12 learners to use accounting software and saw numerous matriculants who successfully passed the programme getting snapped up by employers immediately after school. Most of these youngsters found employment in the accounting departments of cash-based businesses or in companies such as Game, Edgars, Woolworths and First National Bank.

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/ 17 March 2008

Cutting costs with e-Rate

This column has championed the use of computers and the web for quite some time now. When used correctly, internet-connected computers offer teachers and learners an enormous store of knowledge – larger than any library – and a number of tools to manipulate and use the information.

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/ 17 March 2008

Mentoring maintains high standards

"It has always been a tradition of the Bar for more senior members to have an open-door approach to our junior members," says Advocates Group 21 Transformation chairperson Robbie Stockwell. "Our group has taken this tradition a step further by introducing … a system in terms of which we are able to mentor our junior members."

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/ 17 March 2008

Keeping polio at bay

National Polio Eradication Awareness Week, from April 6 to 12, is a reminder of the global effort to eradicate the polio virus from the world. Though continued efforts by global organisations have decreased the global infection rates, the threat of polio re-emerging remains.

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/ 17 March 2008

South African to be in ICC hot seat

The International Cricket Council (ICC) will be headed up by a South African within the next four months. Imtiaz Patel, CEO of SuperSport, has been offered the position of CEO at the ICC and now it’s just a matter of negotiating terms before he takes over the reigns from current CEO Malcolm Speed in early July.