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/ 7 November 2006
Schools should be run like businesses with principals playing the role of chief executive officer, said Clem Sunter of the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund. Sunter was one of the speakers at the South African Principals’ Association annual conference held in Bloemfontein, Free State, last month.
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/ 7 November 2006
International inclusion education expert Dr David Mitchell visited South Africa. Following his travels, Cornia Pretorius asked him to share his observations with <i>the Teacher</i>
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/ 7 November 2006
Grade 11 learners will write a national examination at the end of next year as part of the national Department of Education’s efforts to prepare learners, teachers and parents for a “tougher” school-exit qualification. Schools will receive examples of what the examination, set by the department, would look like beforehand.
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/ 7 November 2006
If you are a teacher who always feel stressed, who neglects your nutrition and fails to exercise, then now is the time to make some lifestyle changes as September is Heart Awareness Month. Robert de Souza, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, said it would create awareness of the risk factors associated with heart disease and to remind everyone to have them tested for the “silent killers” high cholesterol and blood pressure.
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/ 7 November 2006
<b>Movie of the week:</b> <i>Minority Report</i> is great to look at, is engrossing and often thrilling, but it’s so cool it leaves one cold, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 7 November 2006
Culinary-minded DStv subscribers in Africa seem to be lapping up their daily six-hour dollop of food television on the month-old BBC Food channel. Little wonder, because when Carlton Food Network’s Taste channel went belly-up earlier this year it seemed to leave a yawning gap that not even one of Antony Worrall Thompson’s sticky puddings could […]
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/ 7 November 2006
South Africa’s new low earth orbiting satellite — to be launched into space from a submarine in Russia this December — has been named SumbandilaSAT.Sumbandila means “show the way” in Tshivenda.
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/ 7 November 2006
Schools could soon be dishing out indigenous meals to hungry learners. The Indigenous Foods for Poverty Alleviation project, a joint venture between the department of arts and culture and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, seeks to encourage communities, especially in poor rural areas, to grow their own traditional foods.
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/ 7 November 2006
Imagine a banking product that has no monthly account fee, carries no charges when you make purchases, offers 55 days’ interest-free credit, rewards you for using the product by giving you discounts or loyalty points, and then throws in free travel insurance. Not only does it exist, but the banks are so keen for you to have this product they are offering to approve your account in seconds and give you additional interest-free periods.
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/ 7 November 2006
Tumi has life cover for her bond, but doesn’t have any other kind of risk cover, which could spell disaster for her family, should she become disabled or die. As combined breadwinner, Tumi shares the responsibility to secure her family’s financial independence with her husband. She must therefore ensure that she, like her husband, is covered against life’s major risks and unforeseen events.