Page 7 of 10  the workforce, while the ability to find a job often provides the main chance to escape poverty for an individual and his or her family. Declining job opportunities would therefore risk aggravating the incidence of such poverty. Arguably, many of the channels described above operate through investor sentiment and financial asset prices, including the exchange rate of the rand.
It is well known how relevant the role of Irish monastic orders was in preserving our European cultural heritage in the early medieval period. At the turn of the 7th century, St. Columban embarked on a journey across Europe. From the Atlantic to the Alps, he founded monasteries which were the centres of learning of his time.