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Your Luxury Honeymoon at Ellerman House

Traveline Specials — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:27:52 +0000

Hidden away in the prime location of Bantry Bay in Cape Town,South Africa, is the understated Ellerm

South Africa mine shooting leaves Dozens killed

Admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:09:35 +0000

The South African government says police killed more than 30 people during a demonstration by striking workers near a platinum mine.

Police say it was self defence when they opened fire on men carrying machetes and sticks. Union leaders accuse the police of a massacre. Al Jazeera’s Tania Page reports from Rustenburg.

Cry the Beloved Country — again

Terry Bell — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:22:26 +0000

In an incredible irony, copies of Alan Paton’s Cry the Beloved Country were among the thousands of b

parole, parole, parole...non solo parole

manuac — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:16:56 +0000

Can words make a difference in someone’s life? I definitely think so. Telling a story can help under different points of view, I am sure about it, that’s why when Mail&Guardian launched the campaign “who are the women changing this country (South Africa)? I immediately tought about my South African friend Kerryn and her (not yet finished) book. In the picture Kerryn and the first page of her book

15,000 Student March for Educational Reforms in Cape Town

africaneconomics — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:20:10 +0000

The Associated Press reports today that over 15,000 students marched in Cape Town to demand parliament increase funding for rural schools. The group told reporters that the country has spent over 700 million USD on the World Cup, but does not invest the same in basic educational services. South Africa has one of the largest rich/poor gaps in the world. Schools in black neighborhoods are severely underfunded compared to public schools in white neighborhoods. Less than 33% of South African third graders are able to read and write and most are held back till they drop out of school. I believe that if Jacob Zuma wants to create jobs, he needs to focus on educating the populace first. An uneducated workforce will never be able to compete in the global economy.

Source: More than 15,000 march for education in s. africa. (2011, March 21). Associated Press, Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/21/general-af-south-africa-education_8366893.html