It is a five-hour journey through beautiful scenery in the northern foothills of the Himalayas. But when 20 passengers on Thursday morning board two coaches under the snow-capped peaks in Srinagar, India’s state capital in Jammu, and Kashmir, they will be embarking on the world’s most dangerous bus trip.
”How do we get to the end of that queue over there?” asked Patrizia Laudenzi, shielding her eyes with one hand as she peered down the Tiber. ”You’re at the end of the queue, Signora,” the police officer replied. Laudenzi gave him one of those you’re-winding-me-up-aren’t-you kind of smiles. Until she realised he wasn’t.
Three gold mines operated by world number two gold-miner AngloGold Ashanti face the prospect of flooding, if rival DRDGold doesn’t pick up the tab for the pumping of underground water from its Hartebeesfontein and Buffelfontein gold mines, which are currently shut down and in the process of being liquidated.
<b>CD OF THE WEEK:</b> Emile Minnie’s second album offers songwriting that manages to be contemplative without falling into the rut of rather pretentious songs about life and love that so many "serious" Afrikaans singers seem to prefer, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
It’s been 36 years since Jaguar brought out their first XJ6, and a number of my good friends have bought them over the years. This was not because they were great cars, but because they were so — well, crap. But that was then and now is now. Since Ford absorbed Jaguar into their Premier Group stable, the British products have improved in leaps and bounds.
The National Professional Diploma in Education is an example of constructive cooperation between the government, social partners, NGOs and higher education institutions for the delivery of quality public education. This national teacher-training exercise yielded many success — and also difficulties.
"Teacher education is in crisis, both in terms of quality and in terms of quantity. The current measures to address the crisis are not adequate, because they are solutions that are not attuned to our context." Tessa Welch describes an alternative model for teacher-training that could solve a lot of education problems.
Our newspapers are abuzz with stories of aspirant higher education students being excluded. Institutions are full and student financial aid can only stretch so far. Across the world, claims are made that distance education can vastly increase access to higher education, especially for marginalised groups. Could this be a solution to South Africa’s problem?
The doors of learning creaked open with some difficulty as schools re-opened last month. While provincial heads insist the start of the school year went well, reports from around the country told a different story. Work on the ground suggested illegal exclusions, as well as classroom conditions that do not promote learning, still affected thousands of children.
For a number of decades, environmental learning has taken place as part of formal education in South Africa and many countries around the world. However, the introduction of environment as a focus for all teaching and learning processes within the Revised National Curriculum Statement has been a much-desired change in education.