An advocate, a youth talk show host and an educator have been named finalists in the education category of this year’s ShopriteCheckers/SABC2 Woman of the Year Award. Advocate Molly Malete, Lotus FM presenter CJ Benjamin and educator Carole Podetti Ngono were selected by a panel of judges chaired by Professor Teboho Moja, who has been special adviser to two ministers of education in South Africa.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As I am writing this I first need to come clean: I am a mobile technology crusader. I believe cellular technology has a unique role to play in education in general and in Africa in particular. Against this backdrop, it is encouraging to see South African entrepreneurs launching innovative and specific solutions for our local market, writes Adele Botha.