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/ 23 October 2003
Few matriculants leave school armed with the certainty that for the next six years they are ready to commit to studying medicine. Becoming a doctor is a life-changing decision and not all 17-year olds have the confidence to make this choice.
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/ 23 October 2003
The unprecedented growth in the hospitality and tourism industries has created an urgent demand for skilled professionals. These industries are expected to be the single-largest employers in the 21st century, locally and internationally, says Dr Jane Spowart, head of Technikon Witwatersrand’s (TWR) school of tourism and hospitality.
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/ 23 October 2003
Investigative journalism is a cornerstone of media practice in a democratic society. Rhodes University is running a course this month that aims to equip prospective investigative journalists with the necessary skills to function in this fraught and competitive area.
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/ 23 October 2003
Despite the UN’s vote of condemnation, Israel remains intent on redrawing borders. Altogether, almost 80km of fence and wall will carve through the city’s Arab neighbourhoods and the occupied territories declared to be part of Jerusalem. It will force children from about 30 schools to find new ones.
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/ 23 October 2003
That strange whispering sound you hear is just Clive Woodward shuffling his pack. Actually the England coach has dropped his entire pack, Phil Vickery, Steve Thompson and Trevor Woodman making way for record-breaking Jason Leonard, Mark Regan and Julian White for the game against Samoa on Sunday.
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/ 23 October 2003
Students entering tertiary study next year will walk into a higher education landscape vastly different from the one South Africa has known for decades. From January, familiar institutional names will cease to exist. Where before you might have enrolled at Unisa or the University of Natal or the University of Durban-Westville, you’ll now be registering at … Well, no one knows just yet.
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/ 23 October 2003
The manne are often puzzled by business practices in the big city, and also often by sex. When the two come together, you can imagine how much head-scratching goes on in the Dorsbult Bar. First of all we heard that the latest film by Larry Clark, the American director of Kids, was coming to South Africa at last.
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/ 23 October 2003
Thirty-nine-year-old Julieta Hobjana, a single mother of three children, has mixed feelings about her new home, situated on high ground in the flood-prone district of Manhiça, in the southern province of Maputo. In the devastating floods of 2000, Hobjana did not lose any family members, but she lost all her possessions for the second time in her life.
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/ 23 October 2003
Almost certain to face New Zealand in the quarterfinal, South Africa are now effectively warming up for that game and hope for a big victory over World Cup rookie Georgia on Friday. Only a major upset loss to Wales will stop the All Blacks finishing top of Group D and the South Africans look set to finish second behind the English.
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/ 23 October 2003
Indy Racing League (IRL) driver Tony Renna was killed in a wreck on Wednesday during testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after he lost control, went airborne and crashed into a fence. Renna signed earlier this month with Target/Chip Ganassi Racing, one of the elite IRL teams.