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2017-08-04 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 22 – RULING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT IN THE RELIGION IN SCHOOLS CASE

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The ruling of the Constitutional Court on the case on religion in schools has important implications for religious practices in our public schools. These implications are are unpacked here, and our exemplar Policy on Religion in schools has been updated to make provision for the new expectations.

2017-06-23 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 20 – POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS ACT

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What is in store for schools and governing bodies when the long-awaited amendments to the SA Schools Act eventually see the light of day, and is there any way we can prepare for the changes?

2017-06-15 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 19 – THE NCF MEETING OF JUNE 2017

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Our latest meeting with the national department of education and his provincial counterparts

2017-06-09 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 18 – A CRITICAL RELATIONSHIP – THE FINANCE OFFICER AND THE TREASURER

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Unless the finance officer (or bursar, or whatever it is that you call your senior finance employee) and the treasurer of the governing body can see eye to eye and work with rather than against each other, the financial management of the school will remain precarious.

2017-06-02 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 17 – THE SCHOOL FEE CONUNDRUM PART 2

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The second instalment of our comments and guidelines around school fees.

2017-05-26 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 16 – THE SCHOOL FEE CONUNDRUM

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Schools need income to survive. However, when it comes to school fees, charge too little and you cannot provide the services your clientele expects, or charge too much, and income falls further as more and more parents qualify for – and apply for – fee exemptions. How do you get the balance right?

2017-05-19 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 15 – MORE ABOUT TAXATION

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Keeping you up to scratch with what you need to do to stay on the right side of both your employees and the taxman.

2017-05-12 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 14 – RECRUITING, RETAINING AND LOOKING AFTER STAFF

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Are you doing the best you can for and by your most critical asset?

2017-05-05 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 13 – REMUNERATION POLICY

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Another look at the way you need to be moving as you decide how and how much to remunerate your staff.

2017-04-21 – UNDERCURRENTS 2017 – VOLUME 7 NUMBER 12 – A LANDMARK JUDGMENT

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This edition looks at the judgment in the court case around the legalization of dagga (marijuana) in South Africa – what was decided and how it affects schools in particular.