JULIA GREY reports LEARNERS who were caught drunk and jiving during school hours in a township shebeen by MEC for Education Ignatius Jacobs earlier this week are now going to face the music, as Principal Cass Sehloho vows to make them pay for their ”unbecoming behaviour”. Instead of attending a sports meeting, about 300 learners […]
A panel of academics, curriculum developers and other specialists is to evaluate how effectively OBE is being implemented in the classroom. JULIA GREY reports THE panel of 12 tasked with reviewing outcomes-based education is due to be announced today in Cape Town. The panel will consist of academics, curriculum developers and other specialists in education. […]
The Pretoria High Court has found that Vista University rector Hugh Africa acted illegally when he appointed Prof Mboya to head Mamelodi campus. EVIDENCE WA KA NGOBENI reports THE Pretoria High Court has ruled that Vista University council discharge Mamelodi campus chief from his duties because rector Hugh Africa appointed him illegally. This ruling, which […]
MEC for Education in the Free State, Papi Kganare, is set to clampdown on teacher absenteeism in the province. TARA TURKINGTON reports SCHOOL was not easy for the MEC for Education in the Free State, Papi Kganare. It was at Sehunelo High school in Bloemfontein that Kganare learnt a valuable lesson about making your own […]
A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in a crowded market south of Baghdad on Friday, killing 22 people and wounding 40, police said. The bomber detonated his charge in the busy Mokhadar fruit and vegetable market in the centre of Suwayrah, about 50km from the capital, Baghdad.
One demonstrator was killed and two injured on Friday when Egyptian police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a pro-reform rally in the Nile Delta city of Mansura, the Muslim Brotherhood said. The casualties came as the authorities launched a wave of arrests against the banned but normally tolerated Islamist opposition.
A South African-brokered meeting to iron out differences between Burundian President Domitien Ndayizeye and his chief political rival to resolve the country’s lingering crisis will finally take place on Sunday, a South African government spokesperson said. The official earlier said the talks had been postponed.
A Kenyan judge on Friday ordered a prominent white rancher to await trial on a capital murder charge in a maximum-security prison, rejecting a defence request for the British aristocrat to be held in less austere confines. The rancher is accused of murdering an undercover Kenya Wildlife Service officer at his vast ranch on April 19.
Pope Benedict XVI encouraged South Africa to work for peace on the African continent during a private meeting on Friday with President Thabo Mbeki, who has tried to mediate some of the region’s most intractable conflicts. ”Welcome, Mr President, nice to see you,” Benedict told Mbeki in English.
Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa topped the times after Friday’s incident-filled second practice session for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, but his efforts for McLaren were overshadowed by a massive accident involving his Colombian teammate Juan Pablo Montoya. Montoya, driving a McLaren, spun off the track at the high-speed ninth turn.