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South Africa - Level 4: Do Not Travel
Do not travel to South Africa due to COVID-19 and related restrictions and conditions. Exercise increased caution in South Africa due to crime and civil unrest.

Horror: How scammers enslave jobless teachers and tourists in Cambodia
Nine trafficking victims said they were lured by social media adverts promising well-paid jobs in call centres.
Publ.Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2021 02:07:00 GMT

South Africa: Basic Education On Amendment of Matric Examination Time-Table to Accommodate Local Government Elections
Matric examination time-table has been amended to accommodate Local Government Elections. The final National Senior Certificate examination will now start on 27 October 2021, not ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:41:00 GMT

Foreign teachers struggle to stay afloat amid pandemic
As their livelihoods snatched by the Covid-19 pandemic, many foreign teachers are running online classes at cheap rates to survive, while others have left Vietnam.
Publ.Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2021 05:44:00 GMT

Comics and cartoons are a powerful way to teach kids about COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic has turned children's lives upside down. Stay-at-home orders mean that they cannot go to school, visit a playground or ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2021 22:05:00 GMT

Changes for South Africa?s matric exam timetable to accommodate elections
The Department of Basic Education has shifted the end-of-year exam timetable for matrics to accommodate the local government elections set to be held on 1 November.
Publ.Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:13:00 GMT

South Africa?s literacy rates plunge deeper as learning time is lost
Solving South Africa?s literacy crisis is not clear-cut, but experts agree that having ?bums on seats? is the first step.
Publ.Date : Sun, 12 Sep 2021 22:14:52 GMT

Rabbi who helped transform Jewish life in South Africa steps into a new role
Rabbi Yossy Goldman has been leading Johannesburg?s largest synagogue for more than 30 years. Now the time has come to pass the mantle on.
Publ.Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:38:00 GMT

South East N?Assembly Caucus Seeks Political Solution to Nnamdi Kanu?s Case
Sets up committee to interface with stakeholders *Harps on imperative of true federalism Deji Elumoye and Emameh Gabriel in Abuja The South East Caucus in the National Assembly has resolved to ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:50:00 GMT

Make English Truly a World Language
The Caribbean Sea encompasses over 7,000 islands, including the famous tourist destinations of Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Barbados. Taken all together, the Caribbean islands, sometimes referred ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:20:00 GMT

Africa: New Books - A Historian\'s Passage to Africa
Bill Freund's autobiography follows his journey to universities in Chicago, England, Nigeria and finally Durban, where he became a leading analyst of African history.
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2021 06:05:00 GMT

To teach or not to teach children mother tongue?
A surprising number of children in Kenya are growing up unable to speak any of their parents? mother tongues. This is happening because of urbanisation, ethnically mixed marriages and people adapting ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:00:00 GMT

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