When police collect obviously bruised and bloodied individuals from ruling-party headquarters and lay criminal charges not against the perpetrators of the bloodshed but their victims, there can no longer be even the pretence that the police are anything other than the ruling party’s agents.
It seems that the £200 (about R3 150) ultraportable Asus Eee PC can do no wrong. The size of a paperback, weighing less than a kilogram, with built-in Wi-Fi and using Flash memory instead of a hard drive for storage, the Eee PC has been winning positive comments from both reviewers and users.
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 […]
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.
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.
South African mobile operators are charging up to 1 000% more than Indian mobile operators for a minute-long call. A comparison between one of MTN’s standard pre-paid packages and Indian operator Reliance Mobile’s standard packages showed that mobile call rates in South Africa are exorbitantly overpriced.
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.
In celebrating Human Rights Day on Friday, we reflect on considerable progress made regarding children’s rights in the past year. The Children’s Amendment Bill is anticipated to be signed by the president soon and will provide, together with the principle Children’s Act, a new, comprehensive law for the care and protection of children.
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.