Lieutenant General Godfrey Ngwenya is to be promoted as the third chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) from June 1, the Cabinet announced on Wednesday. Ngwenya succeeds General Siphiwe Nyanda, who is taking early retirement.
Attention this weekend turns to the FA Cup and the battle for survival in the Premiership. With Chelsea 11 points clear with six games to go, Arsenal, who take on Blackburn, and Manchester United, who face Newcastle, know that the Cup offers them their only remaining chance of silverware this season.
It’s make-or-break time for defending champions ACT Brumbies in their return home for the showdown with shaky front-runners New South Wales Waratahs on Saturday. The Brumbies have slumped to fifth spot with five matches left to next month’s playoffs after losing their last three games on the road.
In a turbulent and emotional day in the Michael Jackson sex abuse trial, the mother of his teenage accuser told the court on Wednesday that the singer and his associates persuaded her that her family was in mortal danger from ”killers” after the broadcast of the Martin Bashir documentary, Living with Michael Jackson.
Nike, long the target of sweatshop allegations, on Wednesday produced the most comprehensive picture yet of the 700 factories that produce its footwear and clothing, detailing admissions of abuses, including forced overtime and restricted access to water.
Zimbabwean officials late on Wednesday defied a judge’s order to release two British journalists on bail, two weeks after they were detained near a polling station during Zimbabwe’s parliamentary election. Toby Harnden and Julian Simmonds, of The Sunday Telegraph, have pleaded not guilty to charges of violating Zimbabwe’s Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
A United States contract worker kidnapped in Baghdad on Monday appeared in a video on Wednesday night begging for his life and for US troops to leave Iraq. Jeffrey Ake, the head of a company which makes equipment for bottling water, read a prepared statement from behind a desk while two masked gunmen stood over him, one pointing an assault rifle at his head.
Sixty years ago, 24-year-old Dick Williams set off through the woods of northern Germany in search of a ”refugee” camp. The previous day, a German officer had agreed to hand the camp over to the advancing British. With only a map reference to guide him, Williams crossed the German frontline by jeep and turned left down an unmarked track.
The Emerging Voices Report explores the lack of democracy affecting rural schools. The report raises concerns about the lack of a united view within communities regarding schooling and education. Apparent rifts among community members, among generations within the community, between communities and schools and within schools are having a negative affect on education.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation recently released its Emerging Voices report on
education in rural communities. <i>TheTeacher</i> visited another lost village in southern KwaZulu Natal where poverty, illiteracy and unemployment have a major effect on children’s education.