So what are we going to do about it? We all know our state education system is a shambles, and now that has been confirmed after SA was rated as
bottom of class in maths and science. It's yet another extremely dubious "honour" this country has earned. The question is: how will our shambolic "education" system be fixed?
And if you are in the NPO sector, it's time to be afraid, very afraid... According to
Inyathelo executive director Shelagh Gastrow, if proposed amendments affecting the BEE code go through as is, NPOs and charities
could go under - and that means many thousands of children and adults currently being helped, will be affected.
Trying to benefit our exports by
'managing' the rand will not help exporters say a number of experts. In any event, one says, the market is far too large for us to influence it to any effective extent.
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande says bankers need to be taught
courses in sociology, apparently in order to develop a social consciousness about the effects of lending.
And to end, Bizcom's very own "brute in a suit", motoring editor Henrie Geyser, says the new Chevrolet Trailblazer is - just as he is...
a brute in a suit.
Rod Baker, content director
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Qualified applicants are invited to apply for the 2013 Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) intern programme, supported by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB). Now moving into its fourth year, the programme is designed to allow a new graduate the chance to immerse him or herself in all aspects of arts administration. The programme also allows the intern to identify their own learning goals and work towards those during the year that the internship runs. 
For the last five years in a row, Nu Metro Montecasino in Johannesburg has been voted as the best cinema complex through the Leisure Options Best of Joburg Readers Choice Awards. 
The winners of the Leisure Options Best of Joburg Awards have been announced and it's unanimous - the Coca-Cola dome is the concert venue that rocks Johannesburgers supreme and has done for the past 14 years in a row. 
The Walt Disney Company is to acquire Lucasfilm, which is wholly owned by Lucasfilm chairman and founder George Lucas, in a stock and cash transaction valued at USD4.05 billion. Disney will pay about half in cash and will issue approximately 40 million shares at closing. 
Music Exchange, the two-day independent conference that brings the industry together to discuss, debate, collaborate and get down to the business of making music, is set to take place from 21 to 22 March, 2013. 
Canon SA will be hosting two of the world's most renowned professional photographers at this year's Canon SA Expo. Photojournalist, Ziv Koren and wildlife photographer, Brutus Östling are among the guest speakers on Canon's panel for the Expo at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 30 November to 2 December. 
LONDON, UK: BBC Radio's Test Match Special programme will broadcast live from venues during England's forthcoming tour of India. 
With the festive season fast approaching, Bizcommunity.com would like to challenge our readers, clients and partners to think of those less fortunate. Help us raise funds, bedding and toys for our two chosen charities and the company raising the most will be given two free press office releases for the festive season, in the industry of your choice, to promote whatever you like. 
