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/ 10 November 2006
The "Selebi dossier", made public this week, is a fascinating chronicle of Paul O’Sullivan’s relentless pursuit of his own case against Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi that has taken him to the heart of a Scorpions probe of the country’s top cop.
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/ 10 November 2006
The battle for media freedom took another knock last week when the Cape Town High Court denied journalist Gasant Abarder’s right to appeal against an order to testify in a civil defamation case. Abarder had been subpoenaed to testify in a civil defamation dispute between two private litigants.
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/ 10 November 2006
Was the government swayed by diplomatic expediency and ruling-party funding needs when it granted strategic mineral rights to an African National Congress business front and Russia’s third-richest man? Vicki Robinson and Stefaans Brümmer report.
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/ 10 November 2006
Viktor Vekselberg, the 48-year-old Russian oligarch, is not known for his corporate ethics. Described by <i>Forbes</i> as a "deal junkie", Vekselberg is ranked the third-richest Russian and the 44th richest person in the world by the magazine. His net worth is about $10-billion, accumulated predominantly through metals and oil.
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/ 10 November 2006
The KwaZulu-Natal department of education has come up with strategies to improve education infrastructure in the province.
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/ 10 November 2006
I perceive myself as a strong person because many people confide in me when they have problems or face challenges. A number of parents and learners of our school have confided in me about their HIV status. I always try to make them see that this is not the end of the world and assist them in joining support groups in the area. Fortunately, the school has a parent who is a volunteer in doing basic home care. He visits to wash and feed people and to make sure that they take their medication.
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/ 10 November 2006
To be a teacher, you have to have love, patience and dedication. Always think of your work as a challenge, not a problem.
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/ 10 November 2006
Over the past decade, major changes have taken place in our educational system. Adoption of the OBE approach has not been an easy passage for all educators. Lack of resources and inadequate professional development and training were, and are still, the major challenges facing educators in transforming our educational system. Not having the capacity to usher in the changes at classroom level has led to untold levels of anxiety, stress and tension within the teaching community. Recently, the diminishing levels of safety in several of our schools have created additional fear among learners, parents and educators. These developments have contributed to the existence of a phobia in the educational environment that is currently being experienced by many educators.
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/ 10 November 2006
Soul City, a developmental and health advocacy NGO, has launched a campaign to empower and promote schools as places where orphans and vulnerable children can get care, love and support.
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/ 10 November 2006
Tito Mboweni has come up against a new enemy in his battle to curb the credit-spending splurge. The banks. Flying in the face of the Reserve Bank governor’s attempts to bring down consumer spending and debt, South Africa’s banks are going into overdrive by offering consumers new lines of credit in an attempt to grow their books.