6 Nov 2012

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We're last in class

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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Guinea-Bissau's alleged coup mastermind to face military court
BISSAU, GUINEA-BISSAU: The alleged mastermind of an attack on a military barracks in Guinea-Bissau, which government has described as a coup attempt backed by Portugal, will face a military court, the army said Tuesday. Read more >>

Germany offers to train Malian troops
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DRC turns to SA for help in fighting rebels
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Iran naval visit reflects strong ties: Sudan military
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Troops patrol Nigerian city after deadly church attack
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Denel urges state to disburse R700m
State-owned arms manufacturer Denel made an urgent plea yesterday for the government to disburse the R700m allocation it had committed to for use by its ailing subsidiary Denel Aerostructures. Read more >>

Shareholders demand BAE's chairman quits
Leading shareholders in British arms maker BAE Systems said on Tuesday that they had called on the company's chairman to resign following the collapse of a mega-merger with European aerospace group EADS. Read more >>

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Court order stops SAPS from filling vacant post
The SA Police Service (SAPS) has been interdicted from filling a vacancy occupied by a union member in a temporary capacity, trade union Solidarity said on Thursday. Read more >>

Millions of illegal medications seized
PARIS, FRANCE: A crackdown in 16 African countries led to the seizure of more than 82-million doses of illegal or counterfeit drugs, including antibiotics, contraceptives and malaria treatments, the World Customs Organisation (WMO) said on Thursday. Read more >>

Appeal court to rule on SAPS race row
The Labour Appeal Court is expected to rule this week on an affirmative action case against the SA Police Service, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday. Read more >>


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