Professor Roy Marcus, the chairperson of the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management and a fellow of the South Africa Academy of Engineering gives his views on the important role engineers can play in the future of South Africa.
On April 12 Swaziland entered its 32nd year under an effective state of emergency. The king’s 1973 proclamation stripped Swazis of many basic human rights, including their right to political participation, and snuffed out any embers of popular political activity. The 2004 Constitution Bill does not restore those rights, writes Musa Hlophe.
South African gold miners have to grin and bear the crunch in the short term, because "gold’s day is coming", according to mining investment analyst Dennis Mashile. Mashile spoke to the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> in a week when figures released by the Chamber of Mines showed that gold production last year plummeted to 308 tonnes — a level not seen since the Great Depression.
The link between HIV/Aids and hunger in rural communities has received a great deal of attention over the past few years — particularly in Southern Africa, where HIV/Aids has added a new dimension to the recent food crisis. But research emerging from an international conference last week showed that very little is known about the actual impact of the pandemic on rural communities.
<i>Theteacher</i> views <i>Drama with Children</i> which forms part of Oxford University Press’s successful <i>Resource Books for Teachers</i> series and is aimed at younger learners. This particular volume is intended to supplement English language learning through using techniques most often found in drama classrooms.
"The intelligence of Malegapuru Makgoba’s commentary on the wrath of dethroned white males and Dan Roodt’s observations about Darwinism, altruism and bananas notwithstanding, destructive spoilers are everywhere. They come in black and white and are hindering our country’s progress. As a leadership coach and strategist in the private, public and non-profit sectors, I meet many spoilers," writes Max Carim.
William Spader looks at the successful introduction of OBE by drawing on a body of research conducted on successful change in business organizations. He describes the “basics of successful change” – the magic elements that would enable educators to grasp, want and implement what we saw as OBE’s enormous power and potential.
Second-year mechanical engineering student Tshianeo Tshivhase has had her share of difficulties, but as a burn survivor, she thumbs her nose at adversity and is not at all fazed by having to chip away at the glass ceiling in a male-dominated field. TheTeacher interviews this courageous student.
<i>theTeacher</i> reviews Oxford University Press’s In Search of Social Sciences series for the intermediate phase. It’s an outstanding resource that will equip young learners with skills and attitudes they will need as they progress through high school and life in a developing South Africa.
Would you eat vegetables and crops that have been irrigated with mine water? At first glance many people may scorn these "mine-veggies", but research is showing that treated mine water yields crops every bit as nutritious as those irrigated by rain water.