The big news on the science and technology front is NASA's Curiosity rover, in a scientific and technological tour de force, has
landed successfully on Mars after a journey of about 800 million kilometres. It's also started sending pictures back - and we publish one of the first of them.
So it's all going to be OK then? The Presidency has assured everyone that
education remains a top priority for government. Apparently "The president will not rest until he gets to the bottom of the crisis and finds lasting solutions, working with his cabinet who feel equally strongly about the need to ensure that this does not recur." He's in Jamaica at the moment, by the way...
This should cheer up Cosatu... A
youth study has vindicated SA's labour brokers and researchers also found that, shock and horror..."no evidence that people employed by labour brokers earned wages significantly lower than was typical or were employed in sectors of the economy considered less desirable." Still on the HR front,
local government has warned that unqualified staff cannot be fired. Brilliant... you can be unqualified, unskilled, incompetent, but you're safe. No wonder service delivery is what it is. But on a much brighter note,
Bizcommunity.com has revamped the recruitment business.
Finally,
SANParks has upped their game in the battle to save our rhinos. The first group of 150 new game rangers promised to the Kruger National Park (KNP) to boost efforts against rhino poaching has been deployed.
Rod Baker, content director
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PRETORIA: Principals in Limpopo have agreed to make schools provide extra tuition on Saturdays and during the spring vacation to help the learners that were affected by the delay in the delivery of textbooks. 
PRETORIA: The Presidency has reassured the public that the Limpopo education matter is being attended to at the highest level, as education is an apex priority of government and for President Jacob Zuma personally. 
CAPE TOWN: Grade 11 learners form Athlone High School were eager to learn more about the world's first heart transplant that took place almost 45 years ago, during a school visit to the Heart of Cape Town (HOCT) Museum at the Groote Schuur Hospital earlier this week. 
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Since its launch in 2001, Bizcommunity has always seen the benefit for our readers of having industry jobs available on the site, as well as the benefit to companies looking for applicants and recruiters and recruitment agencies having a targeted audience pool to search for good quality applicants and CVs. 
The Design School Southern Africa offers a variety of industry-related Short Learning Programmes (SLP's). The duration of these part-time programmes is 8-12 weeks depending on the nature of the course. The following new short learning programmes have been introduced: Jewellery Design, Curtain Making and Accessory Design. 
President Jacob Zuma has emphasised the need for skilled officials to run the financial affairs of municipalities following the recent damning report of auditor general Terence Nombembe on how local government systems were failing South Africans. 
