[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] The young, the gifted and the motivated had the opportunity to present their portfolios at the inaugural Portfolio Night Johannesburg earlier this week, hosted by McCann Johannesburg, and Bizcommunity is thrilled to announce the judges' shortlist of five, one of whom will be the first SA Portfolio Night All-Star!
24 May 2013 12:46
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] If you are a branding, design or advertising student in Johannesburg, by Thursday next week your life may have changed! After years of negotiations, the largest one-day advertising portfolio review in the world,
Portfolio Night, is finally making it to Johannesburg, South Africa - and
Bizcommunity, in conjunction with
McCann Johannesburg, has one coveted ticket to give away.
15 May 2013 11:32
[Su-Mari Du Bruyn] Too often we find that someone is appointed to a specific position, shown how the system works and then left to his own accord - that is it. Then, later when things go wrong, other people in the organisation are very surprised to learn that this individual gave poor customer service or does not know the first thing about the email program that he must use, for example.
20 May 2013 14:20
[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
SA's graduate professionals felt more confident of the country's prospects in the first quarter of this year‚ according to the latest PPS Graduate Professionals Confidence Index released on Thursday (23 May).
24 May 2013 11:10
One reason SA is struggling to deal with problems in higher education is that government lacks reliable information on which to base policy decisions.
24 May 2013 10:51
A recent report by the University of Cape Town (UCT) entitled "Much More Than Counting: Supporting mathematics development between birth and five years", explores the importance of mathematics learning opportunities in the years before formal schooling and sets out a learning framework for both preschools and homes.
23 May 2013 09:53
The 1.6 million people who will belong to the soon-to-be-created single public service will all need to be retrained, Public Service Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said in Sandton on Monday (20 May).
21 May 2013 10:21The Feel Good Project's primary objective is to offer unemployed South Africans the practical skills and experience that can secure them a job and a successful career in retail. Indeed, close to 70% of trainees graduating from the programme since its inception four years ago have secured full-time employment at TFG and other South African retailers.
20 May 2013 16:06
Five science centres in different provinces have each been donated a BMW 3 Series educational display car by BMW South Africa. Each centre is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The donation is aimed at stimulating learning in maths, science, engineering and technology.
20 May 2013 15:51
The Sunday Times, in partnership with PRAESA (The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa), has launched the new Sunday Times Nal'ibali Storybook.
17 May 2013 10:31
Luke Mckend, Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus and head of Google SA, told students and alumni of Stellenbosch University that timing is everything; to choose their opportunities; and to make the best of everyone "as you never know how they can change your life".
16 May 2013 10:49
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