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Nawaal Deane
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Employment good and proper: A good ‘deal’ for our people
Creating a compelling value proposition is always a work in progress
Presidency’s report three years late
The Office of the Rights of the Child in the Presidency is three years late in submitting a progress report on children’s rights to the United Nations — tainting South…
Not in our name, say UN bodies
The World Health Organisation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids have written to the Dr Rath Health Foundation demanding that it remove from its website all…
Maasai warrior’s long walk for tradition
It is not extraordinary for Maasai warriors to walk for months as nomads across Africa in search of grazing land. But it is bizarre to see a six-foot, regal, ebony skinned…
Health tax: Cover some, cover all
Taxpayers spooked by the prospect of a hefty income tax hike to fund the expansion of the private health system can relax. The proposal, already in the works for two years, faces…
Talking about his generation
Nawaal Deane spoke to Strini Pillai, of popular South African soapie, Generations, about life before fame Did you know that you wanted to be an actor when you were in school? I…
Uncrushable spirit
Victor Vermeulen was 19 with an exceptional future as a world class cricketer when he jumped into a swimming pool and broke his neck. Eight years later he has become one of South…
A different way to discipline
The Montessori philosophy teaches children respect, writes Nawaal Deane If you don’t behave I am going to hit you!” How many times have you heard these words from parents trying…
Lending a hand
Instead of choosing knitting as her pastime, pensioner Jane O’Hara prefers to give reading lessons to pupils at Troyeville Primary School on a voluntary basis. On any given…
Don’t suffer, little children
Statistics say that 26 000 children are physically and sexually abused every month. According to the South African National Council for Child Welfare (SANCCW), 60% of abuse cases…
Hearing problems can be an earful
This is the first in a series of fact-filled health columns that will touch on many issues affecting the health of students. Our living organism operates on four levels: the…
When young lives go up in smoke
The first time I lit a cigarette and dragged the smoke into my lungs I was a 13-year-old schoolgirl with an idea that I must try something forbidden. Thirteen years later I was…
Dealing with TB starts with awareness
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24 once again puts the focus on this widespread disease. In recent years TB has been forgotten, often overshadowed by the HIV/Aids epidemic.…
Running out of hope
‘Kyle didn’t stand a chance,” says Estelle Kunneke. Her 16-year-old son ran away from Ethokomala, a reform school in Kinross, Mpumalanga, on February 3. He has not been heard…
Mbeki dismisses Rath
A prominent Aids dissident has attempted to use President Thabo Mbeki’s perceived ambivalence around HIV/Aids treatment to further the aims of the Rath Foundation, which promotes…