Presented by Derek Fish (Unizul Science Centre, South Africa) at the Public Engagement Workshop, 2-5 Dec. 2008, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa, http://scienceincommunity.wordpress.com/
17. Hendrik Verwoerd: S.A. Prime Minister "When I have control over Native education I will reform it so that the Natives will be taught from childhood to realise that equality with Europeans is not for them ... What is the use of teaching the Bantu mathematics when he cannot use it in practice?"
26. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 887,964 Turkey 15 1,200,879 South Korea 14 1,265,838 Canada 13 1,346,009 Mexico 12 1,351,608 Spain 11 1,786,429 Italy 10 1,845,642 Brazil 9 2,046,899 France 8 2,087,815 Russia 7 2,137,421 United Kingdom 6 2,809,693 Germany 5 2,988,867 India 4 4,289,809 Japan 3 6,991,036 1 China 2 13,843,825 United States 1 14,712,369 European Union — 64,903,314 World — GDP (PPP) $M Country Rank 25,676 Botswana 104 31,331 Ghana 94 403,961 Egypt 27 459,958 Pakistan 26 467,089 South Africa 25 519,362 Thailand 24 523,739 Argentina 23 564,561 Saudi Arabia 22 620,868 Poland 21 639,512 Netherlands 20 695,388 Rep China (Taiwan) 19 752,967 Iran 18 760,812 Australia 17 837,791 Indonesia 16 GDP (PPP) $M Country Rank
34. “ I am a product of Bantu education and when I look back, it really seems much better than what education appears to be today.” Wendy Luhabe: Chancellor: University of Johannesburg “ I agree with her!” Mamphela Ramphele: Vice Chancellor: UCT
36. “ We went for a Rolls Royce model to deal with that [Apartheid education] – but the Malawians are driving a Volkswagen and they are driving past us.” Mamphela Ramphele: Vice Chancellor: UCT
37. “ [We have adopted] a curriculum of education totally unsuited for our environment. Why? Because we didn’t have the self-confidence to acknowledge where we are.” Mamphela Ramphele: Vice Chancellor: UCT
39. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance! Losses caused by ESKOM: R 50 billion!
40. More than half of the South African population is in the grip of extreme hunger and poverty and in places entire rural communities go without food for days, according to a report tabled by the President and founder of African Monitor, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane. The report comes on the 10th anniversary of the National Poverty Hearings in Cape Town today. Poverty in South Africa has deepened over the past 10 years, with more than half of the population grappling chronic food shortages. Hardest hit are rural communities in the Free State, Northern Cape, the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo bearing the biggest brunt. October 22, 2008, 18:00
42. Carl Friedrich Gauss (1785 - age 8) Punishment : Add the numbers from 1 to 100 ! 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ………...97 + 98 + 99 + 100 100 +99 + 98 + 97+ ……….+ 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 101+101+101+101+ ……...+101+101+101 +101 100 x 101 = 10100 = twice the sum The sum= 100 / 2 x 101 = 5050 = ½ (Number of terms) [First + Last] = ½ n [ a + l ]