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**Weather Forecast ** //Issued at 10:00 (UTC) 19 Oct 2010 //


 * **Date ** || **Temperature **[|**oC**] ||   ||
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 * 19 Oct ( Tue ) || **13 ** || **18 ** ||
 * 20 Oct ( Wed ) || **13 ** || **19 ** ||
 * 21 Oct ( Thu ) || **13 ** || **17 ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">22 Oct ( Fri ) || **<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">11 ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">17 ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">23 Oct ( Sat ) || **<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">11 ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">18 ** ||

Transnational issues: South Africa
• Influx of Zimbabweans fleeing the economic dysfunction and political unrest. • Refugees from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Burundi, and other African states • Boundary dispute with Namibia on the Orange River • Dispute with Swazi king trying to claim parts of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal • People trafficking from, through and to South Africa • Cultivation of marijuana, shipping of cocaine and heroin, largest market for methaqualone • Increased organized crime and narcotics activity

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=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Myths from Around the World: = =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Clever Hare =

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The Hare Hiding in the Bush



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Teachers across South Africa have welcomed the roll-out of the Teacher Laptop Initiative, saying they are looking forward to sharing ideas, learning from each other and improving the quality of teaching in the country. The initiative aims to ensure that every teacher owns and uses a laptop, by providing them with a monthly allowance to cover the costs of purchase and internet connectivity. Teachers participating in the initiative are required to use their laptops both in their teaching and their administration.



South Africa Improves Gender Disparity In Primary Education
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">South Africa has delivered on Goal 3 of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Goal 3 calls for the elimination <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">of gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2015. According to Engendering Statistics, the primary education <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">enrollment rates of girls about doubled in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa, rising faster <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">than boy' enrolment rates. This substantially reduced large gender gaps in schooling.