Barbara Johanneson reviews The World that Made Mandela by Luli Callinicos (STE, R250) ‘This book pays tribute to the people of South Africa, to the liberation movement, and to the places which impacted so powerfully on Nelson Mandela’s life.” So says Walter Sisulu, ANC stalwart, in the foreword to The World that Made Mandela. The […]
Libby Young finds ways of censoring websites For all its educational merit, the Internet has a darker side that scares parents and teachers alike. Pornography is not the only problem: there are hundreds of hate-mongering sites out there. The good news is that there are filtering utilities available that can block access to unwanted sites. […]
Only one speaker at the Values, Education and Democracy Conference held in Cape Town in February tackled questions of racism and equity in school education in a concrete way. He was John Powell, Professor of law at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Institute of Race and Poverty. He reminded us that, according […]
Welcome to Talk/Bua, a new forum for all in education. What can you expect from this column? I will talk to different stakeholders in education, raise topical educational issues and create a forum to raise issues and find solutions. I am an educator and parent. I am the ex-deputy director general of education in Gauteng, […]
Libby Young explores the skies with astronomy websites The Africlipse website provides a guide to the total solar eclipses of June 21 2001 and December 4 2002, with maps of the eclipse paths and online tutorials on how eclipses occur. www.eclipse.za.net Visit the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory website for information on teacher workshops offered. You’ll […]
Playing with friends, reading, doing homework and performing community service may rank among the responses, but the most accurate answer is that they’re probably watching television. The lure of the box occupies many young minds, but how much of what they’re viewing is worthwhile? A recent global study on children and media violence by Unesco […]
Cause for concern I ‘ve admired some of your ‘The year of the reader” pages, but the one in the May issue, The Talking Lizard, has me concerned. I wondered what kind of lessons about life the young reader is meant to absorb from this. We are meant to sympathise with Lesedi, who is being […]
Tennis must rank as one of the greatest games ever invented, simply because it allows men and women to play together, writes Sean O’Connor ‘Love” is not a score in tennis by accident. Apart from the romatic possibilities of mixed doubles, those who play tennis often play it for life. Tennis is an intensely social […]
Basketball is the fastest growing sport on the African continent and reaches athletes across racial, cultural, age and gender barriers. Engen, in conjunction with Basketball South Africa (BSA), has developed a television programme, In the Zone, that will reach a wide spectrum of potential and current basketball players and fans in the next four years. […]
G e t t i n g F E T Your guide to further education and training for teachers South Africa’s oldest university is going all out to give today’s teachers what they need, writes Julia Grey Old and established institutions are well known for sticking to tried-and-tested ways of doing things and resisting change. […]