The future keeps coming at us, despite our best attempts, locally, to stay in some long-dead time warp where everyone behaves, worships the government and believes the media. So, this week we are looking at a combo of unexpected things as well as the usual "Behold the future!"-type items — along with a few yummily tasteless links, to appeal to the prurient interest.
Hector Acebes’s black-and-white portraits were taken at a time when white ex-pats discouraged contact with black cultures. "I was there because I was fascinated by the Africans, so I spent most of my time with them, which annoyed the whites. But I didn’t care," he recalls.
Love doesn’t come cheap in Britain, where the typical date costs £200 (R2 290), according to a survey of some of the nation’s 8,6-million "singletons". On average, the single British man or woman goes out on a date five times a year, with the Welsh the keenest date hunters.
Drivers born under the signs of Libra, Cancer, Pisces, Taurus and Capricorn are least likely to keep their cars clean, according to a survey that explores the astrological roots of motoring cleanliness. Those born under Aquarius, Aries, Scorpio and Leo wash their cars weekly, Sagittarius and Gemini every two weeks, and Virgo every month.
South Africa’s travel and tourism company Tourvest has introduced a unique new product designed to stimulate the inbound tourism market by providing foreign visitors with a range of free services, including instant no-fuss value-added tax (VAT) refunds, the listed company said on Monday.
Financial services group Sanlam has agreed to sell its stake in Absa to British banker Barclays. It has entered into a conditional irrevocable undertaking that it will dispose of at least 60% of its Absa shareholding to Barclays for R82,50 per share. Industrial holding giant Remgro has also committed to sell all or part of its 9,3% stake in Absa.
Work has all but stopped at Vukuzenzele Combined School in Mpumalanga after parents and pupils chased 22 teachers away on Monday. DUMISANE LUBISI reports A SCHOOL near Volksrust in Mpumalanga has been paralysed since 22 teachers were chased away by a mob of parents and pupils on Monday, African Eye News Service reports. On Tuesday […]
‘Beauty and the Beast’ is fun for everyone A popular fairy tale is being staged at the Peoples Theatre in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, and promises to be real festive fun for the school holidays. So grab your friends, parents and family and go and see Beauty and the Beast. The classic tale tells the story about […]
Human Rights Commissioners won’t investigate specific racial incidents at Mpumalanga’s controversial Hoerskool Ben Viljoen. SHARON HAMMOND reports THE SA Human Rights Commission will not investigate specific incidents of racism at Mpumalanga’s controversial Hoerskool Ben Viljoen, said commissioner Charlotte McClain. She said two commissioners and a legal officer would only probe general allegations of racism and […]
Should English be the mother tongue of all South Africans? The language in education debate was high on the agenda when Minister of Education Kader Asmal addressed the International Literacy Conference in Cape Town last month. Asmal revealed that a study conducted by the Department of Education in Mpumalanga showed that in five out of […]
Mpumalanga education head Faith Sithole prepares to file High Court interdict to fight her dismissal. JUSTIN ARENSTEIN reports OUSTED Mpumalanga education head Faith Sithole will file for an urgent High Court interdict to reverse her dismissal, her attorneys said on Wednesday. Sithole was fired from government “in the interests of learners and the general public” […]
The future of history teaching came under sharp focus at the conference of the South African Society for History Teaching in Johannesburg One good turn deserves another! The saying proved true for Clareville Primary School in Durban, which has opened its doors to children of refugees. Last month the school received R90 000 from the […]
A TV learning channel, aimed at improving matric resuilts, was launched in Mpumalanga on Thursday. LANDIWE DLAMINI reports A TELEVISION learning channel aimed at improving the dismal matric pass rate in Mpumalanga was launched by provincial education MEC Craig Padayachee in Middelburg on Thursday, African Eye News Service reports. Padayachee said more than 120 schools […]
Console Tleane visits Aha-Thuto Secondary, based in Orange Farm – a school defying the odds The indisputable observation made by education analysts is that schools from poor communities produce poor results. This is largely due to inhibiting factors such as lack of resources, lack of adequate training for teachers, and the sheer poverty of the […]
Northern Province is appealing for help after an arson attack caused extensive damage at Mphuma High School. NOMSA SHONGWE reports THE education department in the Northern province is appealing for help for Mphuma High School, where arson last week caused damage of R250 000, African Eye News Service reports. Spokesman Rapule Matsane said the province […]
A new bridge in Mpumalanga means that children will be able to attend school in all weather. NOMSA SHONGWE reports THE recent floods in Mpumalanga cut at least 1 200 children off from their school when a stream they can usually walk across flooded its banks. Children from Mandlesive High School live in Msogwaba tribal […]
The Human Rights Commission down plays racial tensions at Mpumalanga’s Ben Viljoen High School despite a stone throwing incident between black and white students. SIZWE SAMAYENDE reports THE Human Rights Commission played down racial tensions at the troubled Ben Viljoen High School in Mpumalanga on Friday, even after white and black pupils threw stones at […]
A proposed budget cut in Mpumalanga could leave schools around the province without basic school stationery and other learning materials. SHARON HAMMOND reports A PROPOSED R23-million budget cut to Mpumalanga’s already under-funded education department would result in shortages of basic school stationery and other learning materials, IDASA’s budget information service warned on Thursday. The cut […]
The South African Democratic Teachers Union warns against removing older learners from school, saying the move will entrench a disadvantaged class. SHARON HAMMOND reports BLACK pupils will still be seriously disadvantaged if the government proceeds with plans to remove children who are considered too old to be at school, the South African Democratic Teachers Union […]
SELBY MAKGOTHO reports MORE than 1 500 unemployed teachers are threatening to disrupt classes and picket government offices in Bushbuckridge at the end of the month to force the Northern Province to hire them. They accuse the province of breaking a promise to employ them in special matric ‘finishing centres’. Some of the protestors were […]
Five black matric pupils from Mpumalanga have won bursaries to study either in Malaysia or at local universities. PHILLIP MOROBI reports MPUMALANGA’S top five black matric pupils won bursaries to study either in Malaysia or at local universities on Thursday, African Eye News Service reports. All five pupils hail from rural schools in some of […]
Two news stories illustrate the abundance of guns in schools. DUMISANE LUBISI reports A YOUNG gunman tried to force a Northern Province principal to write a fake school testimonial for him on Monday. Police spokeswoman Inspector Mosima Serite said three males, aged between 17 and 21, were arrested at Makopi High School, near Burgersfort, after […]
The September edition of the Teacher carried a cartoon critical of the Catholic bishops’ stance on condom use in the prevention of HIV/Aids. The HIV/Aids pandemic is an important and controversial subject that needs widespread public debate. On behalf of the National Union of Educators (NUE), however, I wish to express my strong disapproval of […]
JUSTIN ARENSTEIN reports POLICE arrested a 33-year-old senior education department typist on over 300 forgery charges on Wednesday in what is described as a “significant breakthrough” in Mpumalanga’s 1998 matric exam scandal. The arrest follows more than one-year of intensive forensic investigation into how officials fraudulently boosted the province’s average matric exam pass rate by […]
The future of history teaching came under sharp focus at the conference of the South African Society for History Teaching in Johannesburg The theme of the conference of the South African Society for History Teaching was on the future of history teaching in our schools. The tone was set by Rob Siebörger of the education […]
DUMISANE LUBISI reports A NORTHERN Province teacher who allegedly caned a 10-year-old boy so severely that he could not go to school for two weeks will be disciplined. Evans Folowela Makete, 34, a teacher at Motupakgomo Primary School in Bolobedu near Tzaneen, is also facing a criminal charge of assault with intent to do grievous […]
Eastern Mosaic presenter Candice Moodley recalls her convent school days Where did you go to school and study? I attended Parktown Convent until grade two and McCauley House Convent from standard one until matric. I have a BA LLB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. Who was your favourite teacher? My favourite teacher was […]
Bogged down by a procedural problems, the school feeding scheme isn’t reaching the children who need it most. DAVE LARSEN reports CHILDREN from Ngongolo Community Primary School press around the bakkie. Their eyes are vacant and few smile because it takes too much energy. The school is in the Guqa area of KwaZulu-Natal on the […]
Mzie Peter Ngcume recalls an incident which turned horribly smelly One of the educators at our school in Khayelitsha was a funny little fellow. He was short, clean-shaven and walked with a slight limp. He had a peculiar nose, which was hooked a little to the side and would twitch from side to side. He […]
The Congress of South African Students has undertaken to stop failed pupils forging their report cards in order to be passed to a higher grade. By PHILLIP MOROBI and SHARON HAMMOND MPUMALANGA plans a major clampdown on failed pupils who transfer to new schools and then forge their report cards in order to be passed […]
Name: Sheryl Ming Occupation: .Computer studies lecturer Describe a typical workday. The day starts by replying to e-mails and meeting with staff members to obtain specifications for the website being designed. How do you start your day at work? A quick cup of tea and a chat with colleagues helps to get the day going. […]
For the sixth year in a row the Northern Province’s Mbilwi Secondary School achieves a 100% matric pass rate. ALPHEUS SIEBANE reports THE proudest school in the Northern Province, Mbilwi Secondary, lived up to its reputation with a 100% matric pass rate last year – and 96,49% of students got exemptions. No other major government […]