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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Tony Clarke, managing director of the Rawson Property Group, has praised the Ministry of Human Settlements for the way in which they handled the first summit meeting for the estate agency sector. This meeting recently took place at the Gallaghar Estate Convention Centre in Johannesburg. 
Propertywheel.co.za, a property information website focusing on commercial property in South Africa, has improved its website's look and feel, offering a better looking and richer in-content new website. 
An influx of first time home buyers seeking well priced starter homes is proving a key driver of market demand for sectional title properties on the East Rand, reports Nelson Ferreira, area principal for Pam Golding Properties (PGP). 
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