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Minister welcomes vice-chancellor's stance on Rhodes statue
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has welcomed the statement by University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Dr Max Price on the statue of Cecil John Rhodes... read more>>

National Breakfast Month sheds light on the power of breakfast

Breakfast is generally known as the most important meal of the day, yet according to a study published by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, there's a tendency to skip it...

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Blade is out for Rhodes

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has come out in support of calls to have a statue of Cecil John Rhodes removed from the University of Cape Town, saying it should be "stored in a museum"...

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Minister approves establishment of community colleges

Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has approved the establishment of nine Community Education and Training Colleges...

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Education
Education gets largest slice of Mpuma budget
The Mpumalanga Department of Education has been allocated the largest share of the province's budget at R16.8 billion... read more>>
A lesson on human rights literacy
Professor Cornelia Roux's research proves that there is a difference between knowing what one's human rights are and internalising human rights values... read more>>
Light at the end of the tunnel for Eskom
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says there will be light at the end of the tunnel for power utility Eskom... read more>>
Higher Education
Nordex Education Trust awards maths and science bursaries
The Nordex Education Trust has awarded five competent and deserving students bursaries in maths and science... read more>>
Deadline looms for Cuba medicine bursaries
The Gauteng Department of Health has urged youngsters keen to study medicine in Cuba to apply for bursaries as the 20 March closing date to accept applications looms... read more>>
'Rhodes rage' shifts up a gear

Reitumetse L Pitso, Shaun Smillie and Poppy Louw

Cecil John Rhodes' days are numbered. After a week of student protest, the UCT vice-chancellor has given the clearest indication yet that he believes the controversial statue of Rhodes should be moved from its "pride of place, at the focal point of the campus"... read more>>
Students throw poo, SRC throws its toys
It was meant to be a discussion about the protests against a statue of Cecil John Rhodes being on the University of Cape Town campus but instead the Students' Representative Council staged a walkout... read more>>
Legacy of Rhodes is not black and white

Trudi Makhaya

Once in a while, a little voice asks me: "What were you thinking?" It belongs to an inconstant ghost that might suddenly appear when I am having a good laugh over drinks with cherished friends I met at Oxford. Or while I listen to a young, ambitious woman at pains to demonstrate how she stacks up to the attributes of the ideal scholar as set out in Cecil John Rhodes' will. Or when students at the University of Cape Town demand that #RhodesMustFall. What was I thinking, filling out forms, rehearsing answers in front of the mirror, rounding up referrals? read more>>
Unilever calls future leaders to graduate programme
Applications are open for Unilever South Africa's Future Leaders Programme (UFLP) and the Unilever Leaders Internship Programme (ULIP) for eligible final year university students and pen-ultimate students respectively... read more>>
Damelin awards one lucky person a R300,000 MINI Cooper and over R70,000 in bursaries

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Mercia Abramch was the lucky winner of a brand new volcanic orange MINI Cooper as part of Damelin's national MINI Cooper Tier One car giveaway... read more>>
Primary & Secondary Education
Nedbank and The Sports Trust distribute soccer kits
Nedbank's ongoing commitment to soccer development was demonstrated on Thursday, 19 March at the Ajax Cape Town media open day ahead of their highly anticipated Nedbank Cup match against Bloemfontein Celtic... read more>>
'Men in the Making' initiative produces BCom Accounting graduates
Aspiring Chartered Accountants Leeto Thabana and William Sello who took part in Tracker's 'Men in the Making' programme have graduated from the University of Johannesburg in BCom Accounting... read more>>
Engen announces EMSS top scholars
Engen Petroleum has announced the names of its top students for 2014 in the Engen Maths and Science Schools programme... read more>>
Skills Training
SA's up-and-coming wool and mohair producers contribute R282m to GDP
Emerging farmers from historically disadvantaged, rural communities are making significant contributions to South African wool and mohair production and global exports... read more>>
Africa
Strathmore University launches region's first masters of science information systems security course
Strathmore University has launched the Master of Science Information Systems Security course, the most advanced training available for information security experts in the East African region... read more>>
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