Following landmark legal action in June concerning school fees, the education department has revealed it is now working out how to compensate schools for fee exemptions. The larger issue of free education was discussed at the ANC policy conference at the end of June.
It’s not easy being a nemesis. Particularly if your opponent is Michael Moore. Jim Kenefick has spent years trying to expose the documentary maker’s "deceptions and half-truths" through his website, Moorewatch.com, under the mantra: "Watching Michael Moore’s every move."
If you’re like most people, a home is your most valuable asset and your bond repayment is likely to be your largest monthly expense. With so much money tied up in one item, it is important to have a plan in place to use your home to reach other financial goals. Is it smart to take out a home equity loan for home improvements? Or to pay off your car?
Applying for a home loan through a bond originator has become almost automatic in the past few years. Using a bond originator saves you time and paperwork and often means that banks’ turnaround time is reduced, so that you get quotes faster. Often, your estate agent will pass your name on to a mortgage origination company, meaning that you don’t even have to make the phone call; they’ll call you.
What is a common factor in ensuring that women do not marry too young, do not have more children than they can cope with, do not die giving birth — and contract HIV in smaller numbers? The answer is men. That is the message for World Population Day 2007, which is being marked on Wednesday under the theme <i>Men as Partners in Maternal Health</i>.
Thousands of pregnant women have been tested for HIV since Liberia introduced a programme to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmissions eight months ago, according to the National Aids Control Programme.
I was not a South African according to the South African government. Now, did I consider myself a South African after 1994 or was I always a South African in my mind? I will never know the damage that was inflicted by a system that intended to deprive me of my national identity, and saw me as nothing more than a maid in someone’s home, writes businesswoman, Wendy Luhabe.
A cheeky, speaking vegetable is just weeks away from bounding on to Chinese cinema screens. When <i>The Magic Gourd</i> opens at the end of this month, the Chinese-language film will mark a departure for Walt Disney and a step-change in its charm offensive in emerging markets.
Contamination of the Aids drug Viracept created panic among HIV-positive Zambians on antiretroviral therapy. Roche, the Swiss manufacturers, announced that some batches of Viracept had been accidentally contaminated with mesylate, prompting a recall of the product.
Small businesses find themselves in a catch-22 when it comes to BEE verification. Officially, they are exempt from the heavy red tape and costs involved in scoring a business’s BEE compliance. But, increasingly, they find that they have to submit to red tape and costs just to prove that they are indeed exempt.