There were no winners during the public service strike. Everyone who participated in the strike sacrificed something. Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi was humiliated when unions refused to meet her — twice on one day.
If you have enough drinkable water in a borehole near your school, your institution could benefit from a multimillion-rand expansion drive by PlayPumps International and Roundabout Outdoors. The drive aims to improve the lives of 10-million people in the next three years through the delivery of playpump water systems to communities where access to water is still a challenge.
A classroom in Mexico City: hands shoot in the air. A nod sends one boy bounding to the digital board at the front, where he taps the nipple of a three-dimensional body image. There is a loud “ping” and a hyper-reality picture of the mammary glands is highlighted with such vigour it seems to jump out of the wall. The boy smiles and takes his seat and the class launches into a discussion about what different glands do.
The first group of 400 school principals has been enrolled for the South African National Professional Qualification for Principals. This is part of an initiative by the department of education to professionalise principalships and reclaim the status once attached to the position.
The Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie is seeking legal advice over the government’s implementation of the Government Employees’ Medical Scheme. The union said the government’s implementation of Gems was undermining the economic rights of its members.
Abdullah Sujee was named one of South Africa’s most innovative teachers last year. Representing South Africa in Philadelphia in the United States at the Worldwide Innovative Teachers’ Awards, Sujee was voted runner-up in the best teacher category. He believes in teaching with flair by making lessons memorable, exciting, worthy and contextual.
People around the world spend money to secure themselves and their valuables from thieves and villains ready to snatch anything not well protected. But when driving around South Africa, it’s clear that many of its citizens are willing to part with rather large amounts in order to ensure their safety.
British Airways (BA) was hit with almost £270-million in fines on Wednesday as it reached settlements with United States and United Kingdom authorities for price-fixing on fuel surcharges. Archrival Virgin Atlantic Airways blew the whistle on BA last year after individuals at the two carriers discussed proposed changes to fuel surcharges for long flights.
Sasol is a strategic enterprise; it produces much of the 40% of our fuel that comes from domestic production. And it’s being wooed internationally. In 10 years we could find it has largely moved offshore and that South Africa’s strategic aims no longer top its agenda, says SACP deputy general secretary Jeremy Cronin .
The city council of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, has issued a warning to residents of a possible outbreak of disease following a massive cut in the city’s water supply. This is the first time in Bulawayo’s history such a health warning has been issued. ”Water will be available for seven hours in every two days and during that time people are advised to fill their containers and cover them up.