NUM Education strategic plan

First we need to ask the obvious question, what is the purpose of a trade union education strategic plan? The answer is as follows,To enable the union to locate its educational concerns and plan its responses with due regard to available resources, and capacity. To ensure that there is a reference point for a thorough on-going assessment of progress. To help articulate a vision for the unions education which inspires and motivates all those concerned. This is critical to the long-term success of our union. Assessing and adopting strategic options requires a vision to help us locate and then analyse both external and internal conditions. It helps us to formulate manageable and realistic strategies to achieve agreed objectives. It helps us to implement our plans with a clear appreciation of our true capacity and to measure outcomes accuratel

Eskom 1989 Negotiations report back

Eskom has paid wage increases to salaried staff backdated to 1 April 1989. The NUM has NOT agreed with these increases because they are too low. We are not allowed to go on strike at Eskom - we have to get an arbitrator to decide if the increases must be bigger

Bill 82 & the Waterloo County Board of Education: A process consultation

The following thesis is a descriptive study of the perceived implementation of the Amendment to the Education Act 1974, more commonly known as ‘Bill 82.’ The context of this research was presented from the perspective of community psychology, more specifically, a process consultation approach utilizing the techniques of organizational development (O.D.). A cross-sectional sample of 434 voluntary participants were surveyed in this study. Respondents were selected across all levels of personnel within the Waterloo Country Board of Education and the sample consisted of: elected board trustees, upper administration, central office staff (consultants) and operations personnel (principals, vice-principals, teachers, and guidance counselors). Eleven survey instruments were designed and disseminated to each level of personnel and addressed the following areas: demographic information; general knowledge level of special education and in particular Bill 82; extent and awareness of utilization of special education materials and personnel available for consultation; general perceptions of objective and expectations of the implementation of Bill 82 with respect to current job role and overall system and lastly, if any, the salient needs as identified by the participants. The implications of knowledge and implementation are discussed

An investigation commissioned by the National Union of Mineworkers

The University of the Witwatersrand has a long established relationship with the mining industry. Indeed, its origins go back to the South African School of Mines established in Kimberley in 1896. (1). Since 1917, the Chamber of Mines has given direct grants to the University and its predecessors. In fact, the Chamber remains our largest private donor. Murray has shown in his authoritative study of the early years of the University that there have been occasions in our history when the Chamber has felt that it has not received a satisfactory return upon its massive investment in the University (2). On balance, however, the University can rightly claim to have served the Chamber well over the years. In recent years, the other side of the industry's history and social structure has been a focus of systematic investigation in this University. Here, van Onselen's Chibaro stands out : a pioneering attempt to create historically the social world of the compound in the early years of the mining industry in Southern Rhodesia. In our own Department, Moodie, Bozzoli, and Innes have all contributed to our knowledge of the social structure of mining

A survey of the presence and quantity of heavy metals in water sources at and around the Auto Mechanic village at Lafia Junction, North Bank, Makurdi, Benue State.

This study was carried out with the objectives of accurately determining the effect of the metal activity that goes on in the study area on the water sources in the  area. Thus fifteen samples were collected from five different sites such that: three samples each were collected from three shallow strategically situated hand drawn wells in the study area: three samples were systematically drawn from three different locations along the shallow stream that flows east-west in the study area; and three samples were drawn from the only functional bore hole well in the study area. The fifteen samples were systematically homogeneously merged for sample digestion and AAS analysis into three samples: samples St. (Stream water samples): samples Wt, (well water samples), and samples BH, (bole hole water samples).     Parameters like conductivity, pH and TDS were tested on the site while TSS and sample preparation and digestion were carried out in the laboratory. The heavy metal presence and quantity was determined after proper samples preparation and digestion via Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (ASS) analysis.  The results of the study showed that pH values for the surface water samples, (samples St,) were within the limits as recommended by NWQGS and WHO  however  the values from the well water samples (samples Wt1) and the bore hole well water samples (samples BH) were slightly below the recommended pH.   Keywords: Quality, standards ,  survey , village, water

Nanotechnology applications in veterinary diagnostics and therapeutics

Livestock is an important component of the economy of most countries of the world, as it provides some foreign exchange earnings for social amenities and general development. Disease has been a major setback in livestock  production and new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches have evolved over time to strictly identify and treat diseases of animals for the purpose of  increased protein supply for human nutrition. In the search for improved  diagnostic methodologies, livestock disease diagnostics and therapeutics  have moved from the traditional methods to molecular and currently  nanotechnology. In this contribution, the authors identified the importance of nanotechnology in veterinary diagnostics and therapeutics and suggest that nanotechnology should be combined with molecular diagnostics and  therapeutics to boost the efficiency in the diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases for improved protein supply and food security.Keywords: Applications, Nanotechnology, Review, Veterinary diagnostics, Veterinary therapeutic

Publication des éditions de textes : information et recommandations (La)

Ce guide a été élaboré par le groupe Questions juridiques du Consortium CAHIER. L’objectif de ce guide est d’œuvrer à l’accessibilité des textes édités. Il propose d’informer les éditeurs de textes, chercheurs confirmés ou doctorants qui sont amenés à faire publier leurs travaux, sur leurs droits et obligations en tant que chercheurs- publiants, d’analyser les contrats d’édition qui leur sont généralement proposés et de présenter des avenants à ces contrats, afin que ceux-ci puissent être négociés avec les éditeurs commerciaux (publishers), éditeurs privés ou institutions publiques, dans le respect de la législation (Code de la propriété intellectuelle) et dans le respect de la politique de Science ouverte concernant l’accès aux travaux scientifiques, politique mise en avant par le CNRS1, les instances européennes2, et le Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU3. Ces politiques visent à protéger les intérêts moraux et matériels des auteurs tout en garantissant le droit du public de bénéficier de la créativité scientifique et culturelle

Job creation scheme in the United States in the depression

During the 1930's the world experienced the most wide-spread and severe economic depression in its history. The beginning of the Great Depression was signalled by the great crash on the New York Stock Exchange in 1929