Professor Mary Metcalfe's report on the Limpopo textbook debacle paints a grim picture of the state of that province's education department. However, the national education department has
welcomed her report, saying that it "adequately captures the complexities of the Section 100 (1)(b) intervention in that province and the difficulties experienced by national government in terms of the provision of textbooks to schools in Limpopo". The bottom line is that their department of education's handling of this disgrace has failed Limpopo's pupils badly.
Possibly manufacturing a little alarm of his own... According to
Times Live, trade and industry minister
Rob Davies has warned businesses: invest, or lose BEE points. He apparently wants investment in enterprise, supplier, and skills development.
Food, glorious food... possibly not...Phakamani Hadebe, Land Bank CEO, is reported to have said that
22nd century food-security is not guaranteed. He could be right, which is all the more reason why the issue of land redistribution needs to be handled very carefully, and properly.
In the property sector, indications are that there's real transformation in
SA's real estate market. Research indicates that almost half of all home loan applications are now being made by black buyers, compared with only about 12% a decade ago.
Finally, on the automotive front, extreme weather over the past few days saw the
N1 and N12 closed following heavy snowfalls and rain. And on the petrol-head front, motoring editor Henrie Geyser reckons
Hyundai is continuing to strengthen its grip on the local car market, with the i30, for instance.
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The Tshwane Entrepreneurship Week (TNEW), hosted by the Young Revolution, will be held from 27-31 August 2012 at the Innovation Hub in Lynwood, Pretoria. The conference is dedicated to celebrating and supporting businesses in Gauteng and around South Africa. 
'Mad about Me' campaign is a personal development, life skills and empowerment campaign for children 4-13 years that targets the development of various life skills, self-confidence, self-esteem, bullying, communication skills, manners, respect, anger management, emotions, cultural differences and social skills. 
EduC8, a partnership with 8ta, BHP Billiton, Primestars, the Department of Basic Education and Samsung, will again address any gaps that may exist in Grade 12 learners' studying and learning maths and science to increase the number of those who excel in the subjects by the end of the academic year. 
The Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority has committed R3,9m to help fund auditing training for municipalities, to be provided by the Institute of Internal Auditors SA (IIA SA). 
