Trouble continues in the mines of South Africa. With more than 200 deaths in the past year, workers became angry about the unsafe working conditions and went on strike for a day. Unions are encouraging firms to spend more on safety and force the government to prosecute negligent mine owners. The parties (workers unions and firms/government?) have agreed to sit down soon and work out some safety improvements and stuff. Hopefully things will improve quickly so that workers can get back to work and South Africa can recover a large part of their GDP.
Apparently, there is also significant inflation in South Africa, but some people view this as a positive thing. Food and oil prices are up, and Mboweni says that they'll just have to deal with those problems because inflation targeting (inflation control by a central bank) will "never go away."
The countries in southern Africa have been growing and looking to diversify their own economic choices in view of the creation of the SADC area of free exchange, which should come into play in 2008. South Africa has the strongest economy and recently witnessed the implementation of the new regularisation of the credit system, which could have an influence over the entire area.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
theme and standards December 2007
For our new type of "homework" I have picked theme #1: Demonstrate the evolution of the concepts of personal freedom, individual responsibility, and respect for human dignity.
To illustrate this theme, I have chosen the MCAS standards:
USII.15 - Analyze how German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia conributed to the start of World War II ~ and summarize the major battles and events of the war. (ch. 24:WWII...)
USII.26 - Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement. (ch. 29...)
USII.27 - Analyze the causes and course of the women's rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s. (ch. 31, sec. 2)
USII.30 - Describe some of the major economic and social trends of the late 20th century. (ch. 31)
For my end product, I really don't know what I'm going to do, probably an essay, and definitely NOT an online google notebook or anything...
So far I have learned about the generally low respect for human dignity, the placement of responsibility into the government's hands (and away from individuals, i.e. communism), and the restrictions on personal freedoms such as speech that occurred during the start of War World II. I need to research/ find out how (if) those trends or ways of thinking and acting changed throughout the course of the war (and after...).
To illustrate this theme, I have chosen the MCAS standards:
USII.15 - Analyze how German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia conributed to the start of World War II ~ and summarize the major battles and events of the war. (ch. 24:WWII...)
USII.26 - Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement. (ch. 29...)
USII.27 - Analyze the causes and course of the women's rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s. (ch. 31, sec. 2)
USII.30 - Describe some of the major economic and social trends of the late 20th century. (ch. 31)
For my end product, I really don't know what I'm going to do, probably an essay, and definitely NOT an online google notebook or anything...
So far I have learned about the generally low respect for human dignity, the placement of responsibility into the government's hands (and away from individuals, i.e. communism), and the restrictions on personal freedoms such as speech that occurred during the start of War World II. I need to research/ find out how (if) those trends or ways of thinking and acting changed throughout the course of the war (and after...).
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