[Marion Scher] This week saw one of those 'classic' stories in the South African media. It was a sad tale of a question paper set for Grade 7 pupils by the Mpumalanga Department of Education's Nkangala District.
10 May 2013 08:47
[Douglas Kruger] From Amoeba to Icon; where do you currently rank in your industry's natural progression? In this piece, I walk you through the seven stages of development as you strive to position yourself as an industry expert. [video]
13 Apr 2013 06:31
[Abram Molelemane] As I write this, I'm having a drink with my colleague Nick Owsley, a graduate with an Honours Degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Cape Town. With Human Rights Day approaching I can't help but think how fortunate our generation is.
9 Mar 2013 10:27
[Kirsty Chadwick] The increased availability of shared, open knowledge is a trend in e-learning that could make a great impact on the way technology in education is approached in South Africa in 2013 and beyond.
7 Mar 2013 06:04
[Will Smith] Schools have curriculums which need to be followed with a discipline. The subjects, sports, music and other activities are part of it so that students get to know their interest in a particular field or area better. Somewhere in the whole process, the real essence of understanding the motto of education gets dimmed unintentionally.
6 Mar 2013 08:52
[Chris Moerdyk] There has been a considerable amount of criticism of South Africa's basic education in recent years. Some has been justifiable and some ill considered.
5 Mar 2013 06:10[Will Smith] It is a dream of millions of students worldwide to study abroad to give a new shape to their career. Getting a degree from a renowned international university is recognised throughout the world. The foreign universities have the first-class infrastructure and offer a wide range of courses to the students. The universities provide an international exposure to the students, which enable them to get high paid jobs in multinational companies.
5 Mar 2013 06:01 [Lyndy van den Barselaar] 2013 Grade 11 and 12 pupils need to start preparing for their careers after school, as these actions in the last years of schooling will directly affect career development. Currently, up to 50% of youths aged 15 to 25 are unemployed in South Africa, which means that securing a job after leaving school is a very dim prospect for many matriculants.
27 Feb 2013 11:24 
[Josh Adler] I'm quite new to education, but completely immersed and have much to say. I thought I'd focus my crystal ball on a broad range of education industry issues, and wanted to avoid at all costs penning another "Have you heard about Khan Academy?" piece, (But now that that's done)...
18 Jan 2013 10:58
[Tiffany Markman] Here's my list of old 'new' language rules for 2013: things that have evolved over the last few years, things pro writers are using in certain contexts and things you will see more and more in today's writing, now that you know what to look for. [Please note: the listed items are to be used only in light of the
mini-disclaimer at the bottom.]
15 Jan 2013 12:05
[Kirsty Chadwick] E-learning is expected to be worth US$107 billion globally by 2015. Experts predict that digital learning is going to be increasingly mobile in 2013, which will open it up to a wide audience in South Africa where 2.4 million people have access to the internet via their cellphones alone.
11 Jan 2013 06:13
[Johan Botes] Here are some resolutions for 2013 for you that you, as an employer, may well find useful. Get them right now - and avoid any unpleasant surprises during the year.
31 Dec 2012 07:37
[James Hurford] Most people think good writing flows easily and effortlessly on first draft. Nothing could be further from the truth. Harry Shaw said: "There is no such thing as good writing. There is only good rewriting."
14 Nov 2012 06:45
[Richard Mullins] Companies that want to position themselves to drive business value from digital marketing must start working towards mastering the discipline of remarketing or risk getting left behind by nimbler rivals.
1 Nov 2012 06:36
[Stephen Timm] Four years ago, amid the 2008 global financial crisis, mortgage banker James Wiedenhoeft - having refused to sell the sub-prime housing mortgages that set the crisis off - closed his US firm, bought a sailing boat and took to the Caribbean.
31 Oct 2012 09:59
[Peter Mann] As President Jacob Zuma surveys the rash of headlines and news stories today lampooning him for blaming apartheid's long-deceased architect, Hendrik Verwoerd, for the current crisis in education in Limpopo; he has only himself to blame. His Verwoerd gaffe on Redi Thlabi's show destroys his credibility.
24 Jul 2012 12:15
[Anice Hassim] We have become disconnected from the "why" of things. Today, everybody seems to be pursuing the making of money and, if we are all trying to produce money, you tend to wonder who is producing anything useful. You can see this attitude at play all over SA as politicians, businessmen and community alike squander precious time and resources that will ill-serve the next generation. But what has this to do with Dev Culture?
30 May 2012 10:25
[Brian Berkman] How much love really exists between the PR and media industries? If the curmudgeonly complainers to letter's pages are to be believed, not much.
24 Apr 2012 11:19
[Paul Fick] Education in South Africa today is fraught with challenges. Teachers and learners struggle due to limited resources and tools, resulting in a general falling of standards. Decreasing the national pass requirements to 35 percent will not solve this problem and it has a knock-on effect as matriculants face the challenge of obtaining university entrances.
29 Mar 2012 10:52
[Anna Malczyk] Paralegals, sometimes called legal assistants, are integral members of the legal profession in South Africa. In essence, paralegals are legal support personnel who assist attorneys and other legal professionals in their daily work; what this assistance entails depends entirely on the legal field and the qualifications of the paralegal.
14 Mar 2012 13:01
[Sindy Peters] Founded by Misha Teasdale, Lauren O'Donnell and Jeremy Hewitt (aka Jeremy Loops), Greenpop has launched Trees for Zambia, an initiative that aims to combat the high deforestation rate in Zambia. With its volunteers, Greenpop plans to plant more than 5000 trees in Livingstone during July 2012. Zambia has the second highest deforestation rate in the world; to curb this rate, volunteers are being called upon to get involved. Do you dig trees?
27 Feb 2012 07:38[Cobus Potgieter] Choosing a college can be a daunting and stressful decision in any young person's life. Deciding what you are going to study, and where, is your first step to ensuring that you will graduate with the right skills to find that all-important job and build your career.
19 Jan 2012 07:09 
[Paddy Hartdegen] Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented his Medium-Term Budget Policy statement to Parliament on Tuesday, 25 October 2011. The implications for the whole of South Africa are extensive and there are many different interpretations that can be placed on the policy and its implementation in the years ahead.
27 Oct 2011 10:51
[Daniel Munslow] Customer relationship management... customer service... customer loyalty... There are a dozen ways to describe companies' attempts to retain customers. The reality today is that no matter what type of industry in which you're operating, customer-centric strategies and initiatives are at the front of the quest for higher profits. Behind the scenes, however, there are a number of internal processes that need to be brought into line before customer service can be fully realised.
29 Apr 2011 08:48
[Tiffany Markman] I learned a couple of things this year that I didn't know that I knew. For starters, there were things I thought to be true about writing and my readers that aren't any more. It's possible that the recession changed things - or that we're evolving as consumers of content thanks to social media and other good stuff. So it's also possible that, as a marketer or communicator, you've picked up a couple of the same things in your business writing environment...
29 Nov 2010 12:30
[Linda Hamman] It's reassuring to think that leaders are born. Frankly, I don't buy that. Oh, there may be some exceptions, mostly in history, but good business leaders do not feature among them.
29 Nov 2010 11:35
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