A new project has been launched to help teachers tackle issues of diversity in the classroom in a constructive way. RESPECTING and celebrating the differences between people are goals most South Africans (hopefully) aspire towards. Most of us know, however, that the legacy of so many years of apartheid makes these aims more difficult than […]
Mashile Phalane is a simple, determined man from Tzaneen with a loud voice. He only realised how loud when the government threatened anti-panic legislation to stop people like him from terrifying the public. Phalane is a key figure in Earthlife Africa’s anti-nuclear efforts. He calls himself a ”great challenger”.
The number of independent schools is on the increase. SEVEN percent of South Africa’s schools are private, catering for less than 5% of the nation’s schoolgoers. They claim, however, to be making a national educational contribution out of proportion to the sector’s size. The number of independent schools registered with the Department of Education quadrupled […]
Resilient rebels. Rebounding drug crops. Rogue American soldiers snared in plots to smuggle cocaine and funnel stolen ammunition toparamilitary death squads. The bad news has been piling up fast, almost five years after the United States began doling out -billion under its Plan Colombia aid programme to wipe out cocaine and heroin production and crush a long-running leftist insurgency.
Children in Volkstaat Orania learn with all the benefits of technology AN exclusively whites-only settlement hidden in the expanses of the rural Northern Cape, where the next generation of Afrikaners homesick for apartheid are educated under the fluttering Vierkleur flag and with the latest in computer technology? Surely nothing but a way-out fantasy — right? […]
Many students in the Eastern Cape began 2000 with no textbooks Four to one: Headmaster of Benjamin Mahlasela High school Siphiwo Baninzi (left) says four pupils crowd around one textbook. photo: gerald meintjies WONGELETHU Senior Secondary in Mdantsane was one of the lucky schools which received textbooks by January 18, helping to alleviate shortages of […]
The Gauteng Department of Education has charged a parent with failing to ensure that her child attends school. A PARENT in Pretoria (whose name has been withheld) has been charged by the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) for failing to make sure her child attended school. GDE representative Lebelo Maloka says that the child’s continued […]
TINA-LOUISE SMITH reviews the Illustrated School Dictionary for Southern Africa (Francolin, R29,95) HMM, I enjoy dictionaries and this one is no exception. The design is colourful and well-spaced. Guide words at the top of each page are big and make for quick referencing. The style of entries is explained with examples at the beginning to […]
TINA-LOUISE SMITH reviews Refreshing Reading: Six Workshops for Teachers, Lecturers and Students Involved in the Teaching of Reading by Eleanor Russell (Macmillan, R31,35) THE aim of Refreshing Reading is to get teachers to get to grips with the process of reading and so facilitate change in the way we teach reading. The six units of […]
TINA-LOUISE SMITH reviews two novels for young readers: The Bughouse by Lesley Milne (David Philip Publishers, R33,95) and The Girl Who Wanted to Be an Actress by Chris van Wyk (Maskew Miller Longman, R21,99) THE Bughouse is 140 pages of compelling reading. The bright cover and paperback presentation promise an interesting journey. Set in present-day […]