According to an article by Amanda Visser, fewer than half of government departments are able to provide "credible and quality information" in their financial reports. Quoting auditor-general Terence Nombembe, it seems
state finances are regressing.
It's bad enough when we hear of our tax monies being wasted through the need (call that greed) of individuals within government deciding to spend millions on parties, luxury cars, first-class travel and so on, but it's almost worse when even the auditor-general has an issue with the departments and municipalities' accounting standards, and we then don't know where money is going or how it is being spent or wasted.
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On the aquaculture front, the
environmental impact guideline for aquaculture has been published for public comment. You can download the entire document from the article on Bizcommunity.com.
As if being taxed to poverty weren't enough, and then discovering that the average government department and vast majority of municipalities have a less than stellar record when it comes to accounting practice, it seems like the
petrol price may go up 87c a litre.
And to think that one day
these will be the bad old days...
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Cape Town-based tech entrepreneur, Brett Simpson, has developed a technology solution that eliminates the need for textbooks. The proprietary software allows teachers and students to access learning materials from a touch screen kiosk known as a 'Freedom Toaster'. 
The South African Students Congress (Sasco) last week called for an "education tax" on business as an alternative to a proposed tax on graduates, which was floated by the ANC in its Mangaung conference resolutions. 
The Department of Marketing Management at the University of Pretoria will operate as an independent academic department following its split from Communication Management. 
Young people working from advanced technology environments have the potential to create from 10 to 1000 jobs wherever they go in their productive lives. It is, therefore, essential to develop these skills to build a knowledge economy, said Jan Wessels, CEO of Denel Dynamics, the Missile and UAVS (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems) and Integrated Air Defence Solutions company. 
Whilst high school learners have just registered for the first round of the South African Mathematics Olympiad (SAMO) that takes place on 14 March 2013, teachers now have the opportunity to enlist those learners for the Olympiad Training Programme. The South African Mathematics Olympiad Training Programme is a free distance-learning course in mathematical problem-solving that can be completed online or via correspondence. 
Poor, academically deserving students cannot get a university education because of their financial position, the chairman of Parliament's portfolio committee on higher education Ishmael Malale, said on Wednesday (13 February). 
