Learning & Social Capital in South Africa
A blog by mturpin
Blog description:
i blog about anything that interests me, with a particular emphasis on learning and social capital
Blog Rank:
Learning & Social Capital in South Africa ranks 1777 in Africa and 1154 in South Africa. According to site visitors it ranks 1550, and 1380 according to page views:
According to blogroll links it ranks 2067 and 2049 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts
Knowledge in the Blood runs deep!
My colleagues Andrea van der Merwe, Paul Keursten and I are involved in an exciting new initiative at the University of the Free State to help strengthen a culture of customer service at the University. It is a fascinating time to be working there – earlier in January
2010, and welcome to the world!
As we celebrate the New Year in South Africa, we are very excited about the 2010 World Cup, and the opportunity to welcome new visitors to our country. The stadiums are ready and all our international visitors are in for a treat!Mr Sepp Blatter – apparently the head
Apartheid where it belongs – in a museum
Today I went again to the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. On 23rd December, we did not expect it to be busy. We were wrong – there were hundreds of visitors – many from overseas and also many South Africans, of all shades and hues.Visiting the Apartheid Museum
Paul Keursten comes to South Africa in 2010!
My good friend and colleague Paul Keursten is moving to South Africa in the next few weeks. Paul is one of the founding partners of our company in Holland and, not the first
SA 51st position in Legatum Index
The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index, which measures the relative prosperity of 104 countries, rates South Africa at 51 overall.The Legatum Institute describes itself as “an independent research, policy, and advocacy organisation that promotes political, economic and individual liberty in the developing and transitioning world”, and describes the Index as
Working with electricity in Pretoria
For the last 2 weeks Paul Keursten and I have been working with the Imtech/Nova project in the east of Pretoria. The project is part of the Imtech BV corporate social responsibility programme and is working with the Nova Institute to promote the sustainable use of electricity in
Peter Ngwenya
This post is dedicated to the life and memory of my friend Peter Ngwenya, who passed away recently. Peter was a remarkable man in many ways. He was above all a South African, who dedicated his life to transformation and development. His passion for supporting the
"Strategic Foresight" needed...
Here is a link to an interesting article by Adam Habib published in The Sunday Times that explores (in a deeper and more articulate fashion!) some of the some ideas from my previous posting...
Opposition politics in South Africa
The election has been something of a distraction from day-to-day things, so this will be my last posting on politics for a while. My continuing interest is the process of realignment of opposition politics and a hope that the process will move in such a way that leads us
Election over - what next?
What a disappointing election campaign. I have been looking hard for interesting or even exciting things to write about, from an appreciative perspective!There have been some positive aspects, some mentioned in my previous posting. It was good that COPE managed in the end to publish an election manifesto
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