>Most of the population has no credit history and those who do use credit sparingly and find it hard to get I don't agree with you here. The entire furniture retail industry is based on selling goods on credit to…
South Africa's ranking is likely to fall in the next survey. There have been recently been well publicised cases where company directors have been fraudulently replaced at CIPRO, the government agency that handles these…
>Paul Graham wrote a while ago about the "Trouble with Segway" From the linked article: "But when he rides the Segwell, they shout abuse from their cars: "Too lazy to walk, ya fuckin homo?" Is it routine in that…
Regarding class sizes, I refer you to the recent news about Gates Foundation findings regarding class size, versus teacher quality. Large numbers of poor/mediocre teachers and small class sizes are not necessarily…
>But the problem is that we do not need the best teachers in the world, we need a lot of teachers. A good teacher in a class of 40 doesn’t help a thing. The conventional wisdom on class sizes is being challenged…
Regarding the consolidation of universities, I wouldn't take Zuma too seriously (I have to wonder he was motivated to say that by individuals who lost power through the consolidations, and in any case Zuma was in…
Your rant doesn't mention that benign-sounding "separate development and rule for all ethnic and cultural groups" under Apartheid forced blacks onto 13% of the land, even though they formed by far the largest population…
>Most of the population has no credit history and those who do use credit sparingly and find it hard to get I don't agree with you here. The entire furniture retail industry is based on selling goods on credit to…
South Africa's ranking is likely to fall in the next survey. There have been recently been well publicised cases where company directors have been fraudulently replaced at CIPRO, the government agency that handles these…
>Paul Graham wrote a while ago about the "Trouble with Segway" From the linked article: "But when he rides the Segwell, they shout abuse from their cars: "Too lazy to walk, ya fuckin homo?" Is it routine in that…
Regarding class sizes, I refer you to the recent news about Gates Foundation findings regarding class size, versus teacher quality. Large numbers of poor/mediocre teachers and small class sizes are not necessarily…
>But the problem is that we do not need the best teachers in the world, we need a lot of teachers. A good teacher in a class of 40 doesn’t help a thing. The conventional wisdom on class sizes is being challenged…
Regarding the consolidation of universities, I wouldn't take Zuma too seriously (I have to wonder he was motivated to say that by individuals who lost power through the consolidations, and in any case Zuma was in…
Your rant doesn't mention that benign-sounding "separate development and rule for all ethnic and cultural groups" under Apartheid forced blacks onto 13% of the land, even though they formed by far the largest population…