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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While the market is awash with speculation over who should take up Cynthia Carroll's position as Anglo American's CEO, it is clear that her successor faces a tough task, particularly in terms of stabilising the company's South African operations, the Mail & Guardian says. 
Fin24 reports that The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) warned that mining strikes would likely curb economic growth for the rest of the year. 
The Voorspoed mine owned by De Beers was ramping up production by a third to 800,000 carats over the next two years, the mine's GM, Mpumi Zikalala, said on Friday. 
Gold Fields Limited reports says that more than 7‚000 of the 8‚100 employees that were dismissed at KDC East (formerly Kloof Gold Mine) on Tuesday‚ have lodged appeals against their dismissal. 
The Junior Mining & Exploration Conference & Exhibition, taking place 6-8 November at Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg, is primed as the platform to explore the latest opportunities and success strategies for junior to mid-tier mining companies - from exploration to production within southern Africa. 
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