Libby Young discovers internet HIV/Aids resources The Aids epidemic affects all South Africans, either directly or indirectly, making HIV/Aids education imperative. The first stop for help in teaching about HIV/Aids is the Avert website, belonging to the International Aids Education and Research Trust. The site contains HIV and Aids statistics, information for young people, personal […]
There has been an uproar since last month’s issue, when the Teacher ran a cartoon featuring a bishop holding his hands up and saying: “Our Father in Heaven. Thy condom has come.” Educators expressed disappointment and some have threatened to discard this newspaper the next time it arrives at their school. We have received a […]
Trevor Letcher, professor of the School of Pure and Applied Chemistry at the University of Natal, has received one of the highest awards made to a scientist in Southern Africa, the prestigious Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science Gold Medal for 2001. Johann van den Berg, dean of the Faculty of Science, said […]
Onetime Comrades Marathon champion Bruce Fordyce has one. So does the suddenly silent muso with a Zulu beat, Johnny Clegg (above), that divine songstress Sibongile Khumalo and the now solo – and grooveless – ex-lead singer of Mango Groove Claire Johnston. Included in this hot list is the titillating Thandi Mazwai from love them or […]
One of South Africa’s most exciting research initiatives is about to be launched at Wits University. Wiser – the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research – promises to position the university at the forefront of social and economic inquiry on the continent and internationally. Headed by Professor Deborah Posel, Wiser has been established to […]
Friday October 5, 2001 University students across the US are organising daily protests against war and terrorism in the aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington. Although there is plenty of pro-war sentiment among the generation of students born during the Reagan years, within days of the plane crashes, new student protest groups […]
Thursday October 4, 2001 University students are more interested in their academic studies than in sex, a survey published today suggests. The traditional image of freshers’ week, when thousands of students start their higher education, is of debauchery and booze, with sex being high on the agenda. As one national student official said last week: […]
Name: Wilma Rennet Wessels Occupation: Occupation: Financial Systems and Procedures Manager Describe a typical workday. The day starts by replying to e-mails and meeting with staff members to obtain specifications for the website being designed. When that is completed and documented in a work flow diagram, I record all the processes and actions that will […]
Ephraim Enock Jende discovers that men can be made to feel like pieces of meat Last year on the 24th, 25th and 26th of March, the Gauteng Department of Education organised a workshop on learning support materials (LSM) in Warmbaths in the North West Province. I was part of that workshop. We were working in […]
I was shocked to read in the Sunday Times during September 2001 that the Gauteng Department of Education had not yet placed orders for textbooks for next year. Publishers were warning of the implications for schools. The likely scenario is that textbooks will certainly not be delivered to Gauteng schools in time for the start […]