French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads on Wednesday to Tripoli for strategic talks with Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi, ahead of his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as head of state. Sarkozy announced he would make the ”political trip” to Tripoli after French efforts contributed to the release of six foreign medics held in Libya since 1999.
Two rugby players were killed, another may be paralysed and three other people were injured in a road accident in the Free State on Tuesday. Captain Magda Muller said six people were en route from Soutpan heading in the direction of Welkom when their vehicle overturned after a tyre burst.
The Wallabies have been promised a cash bonus of Aus 000 ( 000) per player if they win this year’s World Cup, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) announced on Wednesday. Each of the 30 members of the squad will be given Aus 000 if they make the semifinals.
New club record signing Darren Bent opened his account for Tottenham Hotspur as the English club won a second match on their South Africa tour, beating Orlando Pirates 2-1 in Cape Town on Tuesday. Bent, who joined Spurs for £16,5-million from Charlton, opened the scoring with a 12th minute strike.
Most higher education institutions currently make use of a points score to summarise performance in the grade 12 or “matric” examination. A points score helps institutions to make admission decisions based on school performance in an efficient, transparent way.
When I was a teenager in the Fifties, very few young girls were sexually active or fell pregnant and, of those who did, suicide was a common “solution”. I fell pregnant at the age of 19 and the reaction from my family pushed me to the point where suicide was something I considered as a means of escape, writes Joan Dommisse.
Girls thrive in single-sex schools, but boys do not. It is a common assumption and new research from London’s Institute of Education (IoE) suggests, to a certain extent, that it is true. Researchers have found that girls who go to girls’ schools will later earn more than those from mixed schools — partly because they are less likely to make gendered decisions about their studies and are, therefore, more likely to take maths and science subjects.
Football fans could not believe their eyes when the “man in black” for the Kaizer Chiefs versus Santos match turned out to be a woman. No, they weren’t in dreamland, Deidre Mitchell (31) was refereeing the game. If anyone had any doubt about Mitchell’s ability, the flawless and professional manner in which she handled the match saw them eating humble pie.
The National Credit Act came into affect on June 1. The Act is aimed at curtailing reckless lending and encourages debt counselling for people who find themselves in a debt trap. Owing to changes brought about by the Act, consumers will now have to be far more aware of their credit risk, because this will determine the rate at which they can borrow.
Universities, which now supply about 98% of all new teachers for the schooling system, have in the past few years qualified fewer than a third of the teachers needed to replace those leaving the profession. We know that teacher shortage is acute in some learning areas (such as literacy, mathematics, science and technology) and in some geographical regions (particularly in rural schools).