Nedbank Newcastle Celebrates Madiba’s Birthday

On July 19, ’prisoners’ of the Newcastle Nedbank Branch were given a day’s pass out for good behaviour especially to celebrate Mr Mandela’s 90th birthday.

Nelson Mandela is a leader, a liberator and a symbol of freedom. As former president, his contribution to society is immeasurable, but the one cause that has always been closest to his heart, is the children of South Africa.

Throughout his life, Madiba has always been a champion of children’s rights. In 1995 he established the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.

This fund has distributed nearly R280 million to South African projects supporting orphaned and vulnerable children.

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Dance Kool Musical

This autumn the youth of South Africa will be treated to a spectacular musical production staged at the Playhouse Theatre by producer, director and entertainer Rajiv Mothie.

The production titled ’Dance Kool Musical’ is billed as one of the biggest youth events of the year, showcasing talents of diverse cultures. This event will be the launch of SA s hottest talent, brought to you by internationally acclaimed Dance Kool, an organisation whose sole purpose is to empower local youth to make their mark in the entertainment arena.

Beautiful people, sophisticated costumes, creative props, energetic dancers, old verses and new Bollywood songs with a touch of Hollywood - everything in every way complementing each other in an explosive mix of Bollywood entertainment.

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Mandela Honoured With New Coin

Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been honoured with a personalised R5 coin that is expected to be in circulation after being approved by Finance Minister, Trevor Manuel.

The new coin was unveiled in Johannesburg and launched by the Reserve Bank and the South African Mint. This is part of the on-going campaign intended to honour Mandela, a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

The coins are expected to be in circulation from July 18 2008 as part of Mandela’s 90th birthday celebrations.

Reserve Bank Governor, Tito Mboweni, urged South Africans to use the R5 coin as part of the South African currency. Such coins are of utmost importance to the South African economy because it differentiates fake coins from real coins.

Councillor Aubrey Snyman said he would use this new unique coin. He added that Mandela deserves to be honoured with this coin because of his integrity and patriotism. Snyman further said he would keep one coin because of its significance in the history of the country.

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First All-South African "Train The Trainers" Programme

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education hosted the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) final seminar in Durban on the night of Saturday 28 June 2008 for the 2007-2008 academic year, under the Train the Trainers Programme.

All 50 participants from six provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Province, NorthWest, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, were awarded certificates. NCEE is a non-profit educational organisation which works with universities and provincial Departments of Education to promote economic education. It receives its funding from the US Department of Education to conduct the Cooperative Exchange Programme, carried out in coordination with the US Department of State. It brings together economic educators from the US and 34 other countries. This programme promotes the teaching of the content of economics in an interactive manner. This leads to educators using an active approach to learning and teaching which is embraced by the National Curriculum Statement (NCS). Subject advisors and educators in this programme are better equipped to implement the challenging Economic and Management Sciences and Economics content in the NCS. All participating provinces have received funding from the NCEE to train educators in both content and methodology, like simulation and cooperative learning. The educators got a chance to learn economic concepts, especially in the General Education and Training Band where educators were not trained in economic education in teacher development because it was not part of the old curriculum. Speaking on behalf of Ms. Naledi Pandor, the Minister for Education, Ms Jenny Rault-Smith, Chief Director Curriculum and Assessment Development (0824481801), said, The Minister thanked the NCEE for all the support and her message was we need to determine the recipe for quality education because resources alone don't create quality education. In some instances resources are under-utilised. I support this programme because it deals with problem solving, how to teach the subject and subject knowledge which is the solution for quality education. Subject advisors are not police or scorpions but they have to support and monitor educators. They must be there to support, not to condemn, so that educators will trust them and have courage to tell them if they don't know or are experiencing difficulties."

Speaking at the function Dr Patricia Elder, Vice-President of the Economic International (NCEE) congratulated all the participants for their hard work.

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Tom Hanks Banned From Church

Rome s diocese has forbidden producer Tom Hanks who is one of the producers of upcoming film Angels& Demons from shooting two churches in the city due to the films’ controversial nature.

It is a film that treats religious issues in a way that contrasts with common religious sentiment, said Monsignor Marco Fibbi a spokesman for the diocese.

The producers first requested permission to film inside Santa Maria del Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria last year and were immediately declined. The crew is now only allowed to film exteriors of the churches.

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