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Education
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Awesome Maths Questions From North Korean Text Books
25 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Russian historian, Andrei Lankov lived in Pyongyang in the 1980’s, where he was an exchange student. His forthcoming book takes a look at how the government established a tight grip on the lives of everyday North Koreans. Take, for example, these anti-US questions cited by Lankov in a North Korean student textbook.
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It Turns Out Billionaires Are Just Smarter Than You
18 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
New studies show that the billionaires of this world didn’t get to where they are by luck, or even hard work, alone. It turns out that people who get really, really rich are basically just smarter than you.
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UCT Student Newspaper “Will Be Reported To The Human Rights Commission” For “Hottest” Race Survey
05 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
UCT student conducts a survey to determine the most attractive race – white poeple. But her findings have caused much anger within the institution.
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Western Cape School Sex Video Goes Viral
05 Mar 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
A video showing two schoolkids in uniform having sex in a classroom has gone viral. The video shows the kids having sex in multiple positions, with the boy showing various gang signs to the camera, operated by a third party who is hiding above them. The girl realised at the end of the video. According […]
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Step Aside Silicon Valley – Ghana Plans To Build Africa’s IT Hub
05 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Ghana’s President, John Mahama has launched the Hope Project. The project aims to build an IT university near the capital of Accra within three years, at an estimated cost of R91 billion, including a residential area, a hospital and social and sports amenities. The university will be built on empty land and house Africa’s tallest building at […]
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Schools May Not Prohibit Religious Headwear
25 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this week, the media was abundant with reports about an incident that occurred at Eben Donges High School in Kraaifontien when teachers at the school asked two siblings to remove their headscarf and fez a week ago. They have since been allowed to wear their religious attire. The Western Cape Education Department said on […]
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All Poor Students Admitted Into Tertiary Institutions Will Get Funding
24 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande promised today that all poor students admitted into tertiary institutions will get funding.
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Isn’t It Time You Learnt How To Use Photoshop? Save R2,500 On This Course For Only R299
16 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Much like macaroni frames and stickmen drawn families produced as a child, creative types can sharpen existing skills with Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Illustrator CS6 or CorelDraw X6 online courses. Click through to get this deal.
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10 Things (Sort Of) Worth Knowing About 2012’s Matric Results
03 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With the latest matric results just announced, and the arguable standard that they represent, comes a list of 10 things that are arguably worth knowing about these results.
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ENTIRE School Of 2 500 Pupils To Repeat The Year
27 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We have just found ourselves wondering how on earth Jacob Zuma sleeps at night when we heard about this: all Grade One to 11 pupils in Olifantshoek, in the Northern Cape, will repeat their 2012 grades next year.
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Kids Rejoice As Local Pupil Shoots Dead School Bully
22 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
It’s never cool when a child dies, and it is definitely not something that should be celebrated. But that doesn’t seem to apply here, as a local kid took his Metro Cop mother’s gun to school and gunned down the school bully – leaving a bunch of kids ‘free.’
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Pupils At Johannesburg’s Upmarket King Edward VII (KES) School Busted For Steroids
19 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 7 Comments
Wow, this whole sports drugs vibe is getting out of hand. If it wasn’t enough that one of our own top cyclists was busted shortly after Lance Armstrong, we now have a problem in our schools. And apparently it’s the worst in the world.
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KwaZulu-Natal Teacher Has Been On Paid Sick Leave For Eight Years
16 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The Witness reported today that a KwaZulu-Natal teacher has been chillaxing on sick leave for eight years while the Department of Education has been faithfully paying her salary every month. Crazy.
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New Kids’ “Breastfeeding” Doll Is All Sorts Of Weird [VIDEO]
12 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Mums in the UK are up in arms over a doll designed for girls as young as two to “breastfeed”, calling it “weird” and “creepy”. The cringeworthy toys have children wear a bib with “flower nipples” while the “Breast Milk Baby” makes suckling sounds when the girl puts it to her chest.
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These 100 Images Were Chosen To Represent All Of Humanity And Its History [PICS]
31 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An ambitious project, dreamed up by a mixed team of scientists and artists, will see a selection of 100 images sent off into orbit as an eternal archive representing humanity and its achievements throughout history.
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UK Teaching Union To Address Porn In The Classroom
25 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Complaining that sex education guidelines are woefully out of date, the UK teachers union, the National Association of Head Teachers has called for a novel new approach to helping kids learns about all those funny changes and why girls and boys get together. This shouldn’t cause any trouble with parents, I’m sure.
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Call For Four-Year Undergraduate Degrees To Better Equip Learners
17 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to university leaders, South Africa’s school system is failing to adequately prepare learners for tertiary studies. As such, these leaders are calling for four-year undergraduate degrees to allow an extra year to improve our young adults skills.
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Einstein’s “God Letter” Goes On Auction With $3 Million Opening Bid
05 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A now famous, handwritten letter by world renowned physicist, Albert Einstein, is set to go on auction with an opening bid of $3 million. Why the high price? The letter offers exclusive insights into Einstein’s private thoughts, specifically his views on religion.
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UCT Remains Best In Africa
12 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How do you know that someone went to UCT? They tell you. Why wouldn’t they, after yet another year at the top of the rankings for Africa. They’ve even climbed a few more places this year. Keep that in your back pocket for the next time you’re having a beer and need some bragging rights.
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Local National Geographic Documentary Lures Baboons With Food [VIDEO]
03 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
The seaside town of Pringle Bay in the Western Cape is outraged at a National Geographic documentary that used food to lure baboons to a specially modified and fully furnished cottage in the area. The cottage is part of the Cape Hangklip Hotel, and the television series, Big Baboon House, raises ethical questions.
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Online Photoshop Course For Just R399 – Save Over R2,500
18 Jun 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I’m pretty tired of teaching all my mates the basics of Photoshop. Now that everyone has woken up and realised how much money they can save doing little photographic tweaks themselves (rather than hiring a designer whose skills far outweigh your little jobs), a course like this is invaluable. I strongly urge you to do […]
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Do Ideas: A Book About Doing Your Ideas
07 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A very stimulating new book has just launched: Do Ideas. The book, curated by Don Packett, features contributions from some of South Africa’s brightest minds. They want you to embrace your ideas: “don’t be afraid”, they say. The best bit? It’s free, and online. Go on, you want to have a look.
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Students Kicked Out Of Durban Dorm For Not Following Islamic Rules
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
70 students at the Coastal As-Salaam campus on the South Coast of Durban are looking for a new place to stay after they were removed from their dormitories by management. This allegedly comes after students refused to follow Islamic rules and practices at the Further Education and Training College.
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Julius Malema Buys City Press, Writes Excellent Column
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
It’s not often Juju gets good press. In fact, we couldn’t really remember the last time it happened. But, we’re going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he wrote this all himself now that he is well into his BA degree in communications through Unisa. Yesterday, Malema touched on some very important notions in a column for the City Press; notions that Nelson Mandela raised as critical 18 years ago.
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Stellenbosch University To Address Religious Practice And Residence Communities Issue
15 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In the wake of last week’s “Dagbreek mock-exorcism” shenanigans reported in Stellenbosch paper Die Matie, the University is going to tackle the thorny issues around religion in the residences at an open forum tomorrow, according to a poster released on their social media pages. Is the shit about to hit the fan?
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The Best Of Twitter In Your Inbox
15 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In February this year, Twitter unveiled a service that allows researchers, and anyone who has the money to pay for the service, to unlock the Twitter archives, as it were. They’ve expanded their product range again; and now you can get a weekly email summarising the most relevant tweets and stories distributed by the people on your timeline.
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Millions Of Rands Worth Of Textbooks Dumped At Eastern Cape Warehouse
14 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After receiving a tip-off, the Sunday Times on Friday discovered that millions of rands worth of school textbooks had simply been dumped at a warehouse in King William’s Town, in the Eastern Cape.
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More Than 30 000 Positions Stand Vacant In The Local Government Sector
11 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We know; we also thought it was some kind of elaborate joke, or that we’d been mistaken for seeing an extra zero. We hadn’t. And nor is it a joke. The South African Municipal Workers Union is demanding that all vacant positions in the Local Government Sector be filled as a matter of urgency. Which makes sense, because that would benefit a lot of people.
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IDC To Divest R15 Billion Over Next Five Years
09 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation, and state-owned lender, has a plan to sell about 15 billion Rand’s worth of investments it currently holds over the next five years. The initiative is part of its divestment plan, Chief Financial Officer, Gert Gouws said in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, today.
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Alarm As Stellenbosch Residence Dabbles In Exorcism
09 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
What was the response from fellow residence mates when one Stellenbosch student had a break down? Call the campus security? Call the Counselling Unit? Not exactly… This morning’s Die Matie got the full scoop on the spooky goings on in Dagbreek two weeks ago, and we’ve got the full tale of supernatural terror, after the jump!
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