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/ 19 October 2004
Staff and parents from a primary school in East London are up in arms after a housing committee apparently instructed a group of shack dwellers to relocate to the school’s sports field. Nompumelelo Primary School principal Nokuzola Ndabambi said trenches had been dug in the sports field and poles had been placed in the soil so that shacks could be built.
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/ 19 October 2004
When Philip Brocklehurst went to Antarctica, he brought back his own toes as a souvenir. In a jar. That was in the early days of Antarctic tourism (1908 as part of Ernest Shackleton’s unsuccessful attempt on the Pole). Were he to have made the trip with us in 2004, on board MS Explorer II, he’d probably have picked up a proper souvenir such as a Swarovski crystal frog — from one of the ship’s two souvenir shops.
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/ 19 October 2004
<b>Manager: Environmental Education, North West Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Tourism</b>
Lebo’s dream is that all the young people in North West province will grow into ardent conservationists. She develops environmental education programmes for the schools in her province and she also teaches communities to improve their lives by using their local resources in sustainable ways.
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/ 19 October 2004
<b>Manager: KwaZulu-Natal Conservation Leadership Group, a working group of the Endangered Wildlife Trust</b>
Do your children know which endangered species occur in your area? Janis’s job is to ensure that they do. She teaches rural children about their environment and the fauna it supports.
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/ 19 October 2004
<b>Deputy Director: Biodiversity Planning, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism</b>
Originally a town planner, Wilma wants to build monuments of conservation for descendants by preserving South Africa’s biodiversity. “I want my grandchildren to see animals and plants in the wild, not in a book."
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/ 19 October 2004
<b>Development Facilitator: Agro-biodiversity, Community Public Private Partnership, Department of Trade and Industry</b>
The meaning of Mapule’s name is “she who brings rain”, so it is appropriate that she helps to bring good fortune to marginalised rural communities. She helps people to set up their own businesses, based on indigenous food sources such as goats and African vegetables.
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/ 19 October 2004
When looking back in history, it is evident that in earlier times a teacher was very little more than a slave. He or she had to teach (or try to teach) learners, clean the classroom, ensure that the coal burner in the classroom was in working order, look after the sick, resolve marital problems, and participate in many community activities. The question now is whether the position of educators has changed in any way since those days.
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/ 19 October 2004
The threat of HIV/Aids is one the many challenges facing teachers. We have to increase our efforts to fight the pandemic. Educators are in the frontline of fighting the war against HIV/Aids. We have to provide clarity and leadership in this matter, writes Thulas Nxesi from the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union
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/ 19 October 2004
World Teachers’ Day celebrations are a global effort to enhance the status of the teaching profession, writes Eliam Biyela from the National Teachers’ Union. She looks at five elements of the concept “status” as it applies to teachers.