Janine Orderson

I attended a workshop on HIV/Aids awareness for primary schools recently with other educators in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. The room was filled with an eager bunch, full of life and ready to face the reality of this pandemic in our country. But I detected a very relevant fear from the educators about this kind […]

I have been teaching various grades at my primary school for the past four years, so it was only recently that I had my first opportunity to attend a workshop on outcomes-based education (OBE) for Grade 6. What an experience! The eight learning areas were each covered in workshops over eight days. We easily met […]

Q: Dear Charlene I teach Grade 11 and 12 children and our school has decided to start an Aids programme. But we need a brief explanation of Aids, what to do to prevent it, and how to live with it. Could you help us? – Q Karim, Durban A: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) is […]

We received a letter from Isaac Mashabe of Motherwell, Port Elizabeth. He writes that HIV/Aids is a punishment from God because pastors of some African churches give their own image to followers who pray before them. ‘God became angry and poured HIV/Aids and other bad diseases at the world. You must go to these bishops […]