Well, war is looming on the horizon and the mad swines of the Bush Administration are drooling over the potential oil that is shortly to be theirs. (I call them mad swine instead of just swine — because of a report that Bush is considering nuclear weapons as an option.
One of the joys about the Internet is the ability it provides to educate you and teach you things on a variety of levels. Which is why governments are using every boogeyman they can find to institute harsher and more restrictive laws to block the ‘Net and send you back to passively watching TV.
I’m always wary and dismayed when running into people who don’t read. Although from what I recall of my schooling, the joys of reading were low on the "things to inspire in the pupils" scale. Let me say this now. Science fiction rocks.
I’m surprised that Africa is so surprised that Darth Vader Jnr has failed to take action against the lethal chaos of Liberia, in spite of the (somewhat ill-considered) pleas of many of the people of that country that he should.
The power of the MBA ultimately lies in how it is used and its value to the individual who obtains it.
Clashes between workers and management cause major up-heavals — but a programme at Wits University brings these players together.
A unique tuition model, afford-ability, and the relevance of learning materials in the African context remain lynchpins of the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership’s (SBL) programme offerings.
Joseph Sirrah looked forward to receiving his first injection on Tuesday as part of Uganda’s Aids vaccine trials, despite the reservations of his wife and members of his community. In SA, 150 volunteers have already been recruited and screened.
PSSST! Fancy a peek at Germany’s most politically-incorrect export since the V2 rocket? The Mercedes-Benz factory has just released pics of their monster SLR McLaren – a gull-winged, aerodynamic beauty rumoured to reach 100 km/hr in under four seconds, and attain a top speed of 340 km/hr.
The recent growth of scientific excellence within historically black universities (HBUs) is being hailed as a remarkable success story. The result of a seven-year collaborative research programme between South Africa and Britain, this growth has taken place in universities that apartheid decreed were to remain inferior forever.