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1	0.7741	2010/08/30		A Motshekga: Closing ceremony of regional Women's Month celebration Programme director Gallant women of our country Distinguished guests Comrades and compatriots I feel very happy to be among bold and dependable women of Nelson Mandela Bay and surrounding areas on this occasion, together rounding up the regional Women's Month. Your noble values of selflessness, dedication and ubuntu, have given me hope that united we can do more to provide equal opportunities and progress for all women. When we walked these ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12554&tid=16415   Size: 8KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms
2	0.7741	2010/08/29		A Motshekga: Closing ceremony of Limpopo Women's Month celebration Programme director Gallant women of our country Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen Comrades and compatriots We have reached the end of the 2010 Women's Month. But, we would like our country and people to know that this is not and cannot be the end of the women's struggle. As we said at the last National General Council of the ANC Women's League, in Esselen Park, Ekurhuleni, in 2007, the strategic task of women remains to ensure: "The ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12562&tid=16518   Size: 6KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms
3	0.7741	2010/08/25		A Motshekga: Research on workbooks and teacher development Welcome to this colloquium on workbooks and teacher development. So we do need both teachers and texts. Much of the research on education in South Africa has emphasised that ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12433&tid=15914   Size: 4KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms
4	0.7741	2010/08/23		A Motshekga: Ntataise annual network conference The South African Qualifications Authority Actof 1994, that provides for the establishment of the National Qualifications Framework for a national learning system integrating education and training at all levels The national curriculum statementof 2002,providing the vision for general education to move away from a racist, apartheid model of education to a liberating, nation building and learner-centered system of education The ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12365&tid=15704   Size: 8KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms
5	0.7741	2010/08/20		A Motshekga on effects of strike on quality education See the table below: ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12339&tid=15605   Size: 20KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 6 0.7741 2010/08/18 A Motshekga on national teachers strike The announcement of a national, indefinite teachers strike is a major blow to public education and the efforts of government to improve the quality of education in all our schools. As a responsible government we have made every effort to find a resolution to the deadlock in the current round of salary negotiations. These teams comprise of district and provincial education department officials and will monitor the impact of the strike and will be reporting to the ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12309&tid=15529   Size: 5KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 7 0.7741 2010/08/13 A Motshekga: Anniversary of independence of Republic of Congo Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, As we all know, the Republic of Congo is an active member in the CEMAC (Economic and Monetary Community of Central African) region. Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Our Presidents, His Excellency President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and President Jacob Zuma, work together in many international forums. Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12190&tid=15106   Size: 6KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 8 0.7741 2010/08/13 A Motshekga: Inaugural Women's Legacy Dialogue Despite these successes, we also have challenges including those pertaining to the implementation of Outcomes Based Education (OBE). Therefore, three years after it was introduced, former Minister Kader Asmal, second education minister of post-1994 South Africa, reviewed the curriculum, in 2000. OBE as a resource-intensive curriculum OBE had expected that teachers and learners would learn to use a variety of learning resources and not textbooks. [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12145&tid=15276   Size: 11KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 9 0.7741 2010/08/12 A Motshekga: South African National Association for Specialised Education (SANASE) annual general meeting (AGM) As an association of school governing bodies for special education, SANASE plays a very important role in education. This AGM takes place at a very crucial time in the life of the nation. In everything we do, we have sought to promote every child's right to education and to uphold the constitutional right to equality. Statistics for 2009 (EMIS data) on learners with disabilities shows that there were 124 535 learners with disabilities in ordinary schools and 111 619 learners ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12110&tid=14766   Size: 9KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 10 0.7741 2010/08/08 A Motshekga: Florence Matomela Memorial Lecture This year also marks the beginning of the Decade of African Women recently adopted by the African Union. It feels good to talk about the importance of the 1956 Women s March and National Women s Day in the Eastern Cape. At the time, women were united under the banner of the Bantu Women s League, the forerunner of the ANC Women s League. One of the important contributions of the Federation of South African Women is that it gave us the 1954 Women s Charter which acknowledged the ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=12019&tid=14450   Size: 18KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 11 0.7741 2010/08/05 A Motshekga: Council of Education Ministers? meeting This is in spite of explanations we have given that we are within the legal days prescribed for the schooling year and the fact that many Provincial Education Departments have gone the extra mile by presenting Winter Holiday School Programmes. As a former teacher, I still believe in the saying that: if you educate a woman, you educate a nation! Women s Month These issues must continue to seize our minds particular because we are five days into Women s ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11984&tid=14373   Size: 7KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 12 0.7741 2010/08/04 A Motshekga: Charlotte Maxeke memorial lecture Programme director Members of Maxeke family Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen It is indeed an honour to present the Charlotte Maxeke memorial lecture in the year in which South Africa has adopted a fitting theme for Women's Month, "Working Together for Equal Opportunities and Progress for all women". The timing is brilliant. The United Nations officially recognised this initiative in 1999 and declared 25 November as the International Day ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11967&tid=14315   Size: 17KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 13 0.7741 2010/08/04 A Motshekga: Charlotte Maxeke Memorial Lecture in Women's Month Programme Director Members of Maxeke Family Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen It is indeed an honour to present the Charlotte Maxeke Memorial Lecture in the year in which South Africa has adopted a fitting theme for Women s Month, Working Together for Equal Opportunities and Progress for all women . The timing is brilliant. In closing, I wish to remind you as did Yvonne Mokgoro in... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11987&tid=14384   Size: 18KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 14 0.7741 2010/07/28 A Motshekga on South African Democratic Teachers? Union (SADTU) strike The Department of Basic Education has noted the decision taken last night by the National Executive Council of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) to embark on strike action from 5 August 2010. The Minister of Basic Education, Ms Angie Motshekga remains hopeful that the strike by educators can still be averted. The minister, together with other ministers, are scheduled to meet on Thursday to develop a collective approach in this regard... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11779&tid=13534   Size: 1KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 15 0.7741 2010/07/16 A Motshekga: Old Mutual Education Trust graduation celebration dinner Programme director, Mr Melane CEO of Old Mutual SA, Mr Kuseni Dlamini President of  Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Mr Sidumo Dlamini President of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), Mr Thobile Ntola Esteemed graduates Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen Congratulations to the graduates! We commend the Old Mutual Education Trust for providing this golden... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11552&tid=12667   Size: 6KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 16 0.7741 2010/07/14 A Motshekga appoints John Volmink as Chief Executive Officer of National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) Minister Angie Motshekga appointed Professor John Volmink as the CEO of the National Education Evaluation and Development Unit. NEEDU was created to strengthen accountability systems in education. Prof Volmink assumed duty on 1 July 2010. John Volmink was born and raised in Cape Town South Africa. He started his academic career at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11442&tid=12114   Size: 4KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 17 0.7741 2010/07/06 A Motshekga on National Curriculum Statement review Short-term, immediate changes with long-term implications The Curriculum Implementation Review Committee confirmed that teachers experience curriculum and administrative overload. Medium-term curriculum change Earlier this year, I established three committees of highly respected experts led by three able people, with the requisite experience and qualifications, to enable the smooth implementation of the main recommendations of the 2009 Curriculum Implementation ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11305&tid=11584   Size: 10KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 18 0.7741 2010/06/28 A Motshekga: Answers to questions in National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on water supply to schools The Limpopo Department of Education has identified schools in the province that have no water facilities and those that have insufficient facilities in their Infrastructure Plan for 2010/11. The provincial department is responsible for the capital works and recapitalisation of water supply systems. After the provision of water supply systems by the Provincial department, repairs to the water system is the responsibility of each school governing body using their allocation in terms of the ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11182&tid=11528   Size: 2KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 19 0.7741 2010/06/28 A Motshekga: Answers to questions in National Assembly on director-general and chief financial officer's office term Reply: a. Employment status: permanent Name of official: none b. (i) Employment Status: Acting Directors-General Name of official: Mr DB Hindle and Mr PB Soobrayan Start date: 21 July 2009 End date: 1 November 2009 (ii) Employment status: Acting Chief Financial Officer Name of officials: Mr T Tredoux Start date: 1 July 2009 End date: 31 March 2010 Employment status: Acting Chief Financial Officer Name of official: Mrs N ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11180&tid=11516   Size: 2KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms 20 0.7741 2010/06/28 A Motshekga: Answers to questions in National Assembly on bullying in schools In order to curb incidences of bullying in schools, my department has developed an example code of conduct for learners to guide school governing bodies (SGBs), principals and teachers to draw up their own context specific codes of conduct for learners. Section 8(4) of the South Africa Schools Act provides that the code of conduct of a school binds all learners attending a school. 2. (i) The exemplar code of conduct for learners addresses inappropriate learner behaviour, ... [highlighted result] URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11184&tid=11385   Size: 6KB   Speaker: A Motshekga   Collection: speeches_cms NEXT About the site | Terms & conditions Developed and maintained by GCIS This site is best viewed using 800 x 600 or higher resolution with Internet Explorer 4.5, Netscape Communicator 4.5, Mozilla 1.x or higher. (v.1.1.0)