YOUR GUIDE TO INVESTING IN EDUCATION Au revoir! This was the parting shout from 18 South African whizkids who headed off to France for the eighth International Science Expo last month Bon voyage! Johanna Letwaba, Lee Coulter, Blessing Nene and Thoabi Mkhwanazi The learners chosen to represent South Africa at the International Science Expo in […]
Julia Grey spoke to learners who unearthed history in their own backyard Forced removals: The implementation of the apartheid principle of ”separate development”, in accordance with legislation such as the Group Areas Act (1950). Communities of different races were forceably relocated to areas designated for people classified as being of the same race. This is […]
Students of today must become the educators of tomorrow if the teaching profession is to thrive again, writes Edwin Naidu Thousands of vacancies! Hard-working individuals, with a friendly personality and a passion for teaching, urgently required. Excellent working hours and generous leave benefits, plus the opportunity to work with and shape the intellectuals of tomorrow. […]
YOUR GUIDE TO INVESTING IN EDUCATION Annually an estimated R2-billion is pumped into education and corporate social responsibility projects aimed at making a difference in society. The investment in education from corporations throughout South Africa and parts of the world is starting to make a difference in the lives of learners and educators. The lives […]
Umtata’s minuscule airport isn’t exactly a gateway to paradise, but the topography that surrounds it — interrupted only twice a day by the arrival of a plane from Johannesburg — is a signal that you are about to enter another world, where time has a different meaning and life can be unencumbered by the burdens of daily life. And life is to be savoured at a new spa that’s opened on the Wild Coast.
Tony Blair has verbal gifts. One of them is understatement. There had been ”a certain wear and tear” in his position as prime minister, he told John Humphrys on Wednesday. Wear and tear? Public anger and mistrust about him, focused on Iraq, has been devastating to his election campaign. The question is not whether he gives way to Gordon Brown, but when.
With no telephone connection to the outside world, and a single access road that is little more than a forest trail, the village of Lomie might as well be situated at the other side of the Earth as far as many Cameroonians are concerned. For the Baka pygmies, however, the position of the settlement is more ambiguous: too accessible for loggers, but too remote for the benefits of modern life to make themselves felt.
YOUR GUIDE TO INVESTING IN EDUCATION BoE Ltd and Phambili Educational Projects have launched Project Phambili which will focus on improving the quality of maths and science teaching in grades nine to 12 in the Boland area The objective of Phambili Educational Projects is to show an improvement in maths and science by at least […]
YOUR GUIDE TO INVESTING IN EDUCATION The national electricity provider Eskom is optimistic that its role in nurturing maths, science and technology learners will lead to a brighter tomorrow. Driven to succeed: Solomon Ndlovu and Thomas Makubula with their award-winning electric car which won a gold award at the 1999 expo finals Millions of rands […]
YOUR GUIDE TO INVESTING IN EDUCATION Not content with its winning pay-television station bouquet, the Shoma Education Foundation was set up by MultiChoice Africa with the aim of using technology to help build a better future in South Africa. The unforgiving landscape of rural South Africa and the historic lack of infrastructure in these areas […]