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YOUTH MATRICS WILL GET NEW NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATES

Grade 12 learners all over South Africa have started to prepare for their matric exams. This year's matric learners are the first group to write their exams under the new curriculum and who will be awarded the new National Senior Certificate. 
 
Outcomes-based
 
All learners in schools, from Grade R to Grade 12, are now learning under the outcomes based National Curriculum Statement. 
 

AGRICULTURE SUCCESS HELPS HER TO HELP THE POOR

Martha Mulaudzi's hard work and her love for farming helped her to get a farm through government’s land distribution programme. Before that, she was managing a farm for someone else. 
 
Success
 
Today, Mulaudzi's success is there for everyone to see. She is the largest exporter of farm products in her province and employs 35 people from the community as farm workers. She has also been a winner in the Female Farmer of the Year competition. 
 

NATIONAL DISABILITY SUMMIT JUSTICE AND DIGNITY FOR ALL

The lives of people with disabilities and their families have improved during the last 14 years. This was noted during the second two-day National Disability Summit in Johannesburg in July. The theme was "Justice and Dignity for All ." 
 
More than 300 representatives from different organisations for disabled people, as well as government bodies attended the Disability Summit. 
 
The Office of the Status of Disabled People in the Presidency and the South African Disability Alliance organised the summit. 

Letters

More practical education

I am one of those who finished school in a township government school with great hopes of pursuing a tertiary education and getting a good job, but I was disappointed. All my friends who went to private schools are now working.

My concern is government schools don’t teach us how to survive and job-search after matric. They teach us book education, while at private schools they learn practical education.

TRADITIONAL HEALERS: TRAINED TO IDENTIFY SIGNS OF HIV/AIDS

HIV/Aids
TRADITIONAL HEALERS - TRAINED TO IDENTIFY SIGNS OF THE DISEASE
 Many people use traditional medicine. In South Africa, there are more than 200 000 traditional healers. This is according to a study by the World Health Organization. Traditional healers have a lot of support and cannot be ignored, especially if we want to win the fight against deadly diseases like HIV/Aids, tuberculosis (TB), cancer and malaria.

Taxi tax amnesty

As part of the taxi recapitalisation process, taxi owners who have not been paying tax must do so, but they have an amnesty.

Department of Transport spokesperson Colleen Msibi said that the taxi owners will not have to pay tax from the day they started their business. “They must register from 2006. Those not registered will not be able to change their taxi permits into the new operational licenses.

BOOSTING TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
BOOSTING TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
 Every year, many small businesses in South Africa shut down. This is often due to a lack of the necessary skills, technology and support. It means many small businesses are not run properly and cannot produce good quality products. To operate successfully, small businesses need skills and technology that will help them deal with the day-to-day running of their business.

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