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.
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With a view to improving the skills base and providing jobs for young people in the building industry, the Master Builders Association of the Western Cape (MBAWC) has announced that it will be providing school leavers with the opportunity to enter the industry, obtain a trade certificate and gain employment. 
Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said on Tuesday it may not meet contractual obligations on certain exports from Nigeria because of theft and damage to key pipelines in the country's oil region. 
According to defenceWeb, South Africa - who co-hosts the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope- is in desperate need of more local skills to ensure that the country as a whole enjoys the benefits of the project. Two of the three biggest components of the SKA will be built in Africa, with the remainder to be built in Australia. About 70% of the facility will be built in Africa, and South Africa is expected to become a global centre for information technology, fundamental physics, astronomy and high-tech engineering. 
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