At this rate there will be very few, if any, of the current SAA board left after
CEO Siza Mzimela quit, closely followed yesterday by the resignations of
commercial general manager Theunis Potgieter, and legal and risk head Sandra Coetzee.
On the technology front, America's National Science Foundation has created a new program to
find new paths forward for sustainable energy.
Many people reckon she deserves an 'F' - despite Angie Motshekga awarding herself a very good pass mark after the Limpopo textbook debacle. Now she has to
give a report on the issue. What's the bet she comes out smelling of roses.
Think of El Nino and you usually think of wild weather. Well, according to Santam,
El Nino offers an opportunity for SA farmers.
Still on the agriculture front, in a way, Goodyear, the tyre manufacturer, has announced plans to
replace petroleum oil in tyres with soya oil.
Still on the automotive front proper, our intrepid motoring editor Henrie Geyser rates the new Chevrolet Cruze hatches as
nifty - which is just the way we rate Henrie ourselves.
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Nicola Alberts, 18, of Swellendam won the "Ticket to Life" bursary at the 2012 International Hotel School Boot Camp, hosted by The Peninsula All-Suite Hotel on Cape Town's Atlantic seaboard recently. 
The four universities in the Western Cape - the University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, the University of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch University - have launched a large scale graduate tracer survey. 
President Jacob Zuma has requested Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to give a report back on action taken regarding the delivery of textbooks in Limpopo as well as the catch up plan for affected Grade 10 learners. 
The Transnet Rural and Farm Schools tournament was held last week and was a huge success with learners, coaches, and sports officials. But what made the event so special and a humbling experience for all involved was seeing first hand the excitement on the faces of the youths. 
President Jacob Zuma has opened 49 schools in the Eastern Cape as part of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Committee and the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (ASIDI). 
The ABN Education Trust sponsors students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds into financial journalism programs at WITS and the University of Johannesburg. The Trust was founded in 2011, by the co-founder and vice chairman of CNBC Africa, Rakesh Wahi. 
The Cape Dairy Experience, which takes place from 2-3 November 2012 at Sandringham outside Stellenbosch, has included Youth Shows in its programme lineup. Begun last year, the event offers children the opportunity to show their ability to handle farm animals in a show ring. 
