In a country where bunny-huggers are assumed to be white softies and dumping litter the way of uncaring blacks, a community theatre initiative is doing its bit to get schoolgoers to think again about environmental issues. The Trash Truck project was conceptualised some years ago as a performance-art tool to help school children interpret and […]
Second-year mechanical engineering student Tshianeo Tshivhase has had her share of difficulties, but as a burn survivor, she thumbs her nose at adversity and is not at all fazed by having to chip away at the glass ceiling in a male-dominated field. TheTeacher interviews this courageous student.
The debate on the best way to teach children to be literate still rages on. The phonics versus whole -language debate has been occupying educationalists since the 60s when the whole- language approach emerged as a new way to teach literacy. A dual approach to teaching literacy could however be the answer.
The field of health care is not all about doctors and nurses in white lab coats. These days, there are many career options aimed at maintaining and improving peoples general well-being.
The government believes entrepreneurship can help solve the countrys high unemployment levels.
Making a career choice as a teen is always tough, but making this major life decision with very little career guidance, support or information is close to impossible.
It has been a long wait, 38 years to be exact, for the Air Quality Bill to rise from the ashes of the Air Pollution Protection Act of 1966. In February lobbyists ensured that the Bill was not rushed through Parliament until specific details were properly addressed. "We have waited so long for this Bill, we want to do this right," said Bobby Peek of the environmental justice group, groundWork.
As genetically modified foods flood global markets, environmentalists are insisting on greater protection to rein in scientists and governments that believe biotechnology is the next wave in accelerating development. South Africa, however, remains the sole stumbling block to Africa as a GMO-free zone.