RHS ESSENTIAL 

How to improve your marks

Tip #4: Pay more attention in class – and ask questions

If you’re prone to daydreaming in class, it’s time to start focusing on the here and now. Listen to what the teacher is saying rather than talking with friends or allowing your mind to wander. Don’t simply copy down what’s on the board without thinking about it; make sure you’ve understood it, make neat notes so that you can understand them when you come back to them (more on that later), and don’t be afraid to speak up if there’s something you don’t understand or want clarifying. It’s much easier to ask a teacher to explain something differently than it is to trawl through books trying to find a clearer explanation for yourself, and they won’t think less of you for asking.

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Today Birthdays:

Lethabo Mafilika (Grade 11)
Mpilwenhle Mekgwe (Grade 9)
Ntsako Mhlongo (Grade 11)
Ambesiwe Mweli (Grade 11)

Saturday Birthdays:
Zukisane Dlokweni (Grade 8)
Keano Methula (Grade 12)
Onkarabetse Mokhutsane (Grade 8)

Sunday Birthdays:
Siphiwe Kubheka (Grade 10)
Elisa Lebo (Grade 11)
Maplai Masetle (Grade 11)
Tshegofatso Mokgawa (Grade 11)
Siphesihle Mpowa (Grade 12)

2004: Nelson Mandela addresses the joint sitting of South Africa’s Parliament to mark 10 years of democracy

1995: More than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney

1994: Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president

1963: The first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law

1774: Louis XVI acceded to the throne of France, and his wife, Marie-Antoinette, became queen consort; later they both were beheaded during the French Revolution.

NUMSA welcomes Labour Court ruling in favour of SA Steel Mills workers

One-hundred-and-sixty-two employees were suspended last month after taking part in a strike.

JOHANNESBURG - The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has welcomed a Labour Court judgement preventing SA Steel Mills from imposing disciplinary action against striking workers.
One-hundred-and-sixty-two employees were suspended last month after taking part in a strike.
NUMSA says the strike was protected and the company was only granted an interim interdict to block another demonstration that was planned for later in the month.
The union said SA Steel Mills set up a sham disciplinary process that has already found the suspended workers guilty.
"It is unfair for SA Steel Mills to discipline and attempt to dismiss workers over this when the courts have not pronounced on it," said NUMSA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola.
Hlubi-Majola revealed the terms of the order handed down by the Labour Court.
"The bosses at SA Steel Mills are not allowed to proceed with any more disciplinary hearings and they are prevented from implementing any findings from the hearings until the matter of the legality of the strike has been ventilated in court."
The legality of the strike is set to be determined at the Labour Court on Thursday.