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I love Adolf Hitler, says Wits' SRC president
Wits University's SRC president Mcebo Dlamini prompted outrage yesterday when he wrote "I love Adolf Hitler" in a Facebook post... read more>>

DA's Fort Hare coup riles ANC

Siphe Macanda

The ANC is calling its student leadership to account after it was trounced by the Democratic Alliance Student Organisation (Daso) at the University of Fort Hare...

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SACAP launches postgraduate psychology honours programme

The South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP) recently launched a new postgraduate psychology honours programme on both its Cape Town and Johannesburg campuses...

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Shortlisted teams for CIMA Global Business Challenge 2015 announced

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants has announced the shortlisted teams for the CIMA Global Business Challenge 2015, an international business competition for university undergraduates...

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Education
Education MEC to be appointed soon in Limpopo

Nthambeleni Gabara

PRETORIA: Limpopo Premier Chupu Mathabatha has announced that he will soon be appointing a new MEC for Education... read more>>
E-learning
The value of online short courses for working professionals

Issued by GetSmarter

Working professionals need to constantly adapt and learn new skills if they want to stay relevant and continue to add value - is online education a viable solution to staying competitive in today's workplace?... read more>>
Higher Education
Learners encouraged to consider TVET colleges
PRETORIA: Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, has encouraged learners to consider Technical Vocational Education and Training Colleges (TVET) as their alternative to university education... read more>>
5000 students expected to attend SABC Education Career Indaba
The fourth SABC Education Career Indaba, being held at Sandton Convention Centre from 18-19 May 2015, is expected to draw 5000 students... read more>>
Wits students use @RISK software to manage mining risk
Students at the Wits School of Mining Engineering are employing a high-tech program to manage mining risk... read more>>
Entries still open for Budget Speech Competition
Students from South Africa's public universities have a month left to enter the 2015 Budget Speech Competition... read more>>
Study verifies climate change impact on coffee production
According to a recently published paper in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, scientists have provided the first on-the-ground evidence that climate change has already had a substantial impact on coffee production in the East African Highlands region... read more>>
Tuks FM receives coveted Campus Station of the Year Award for fourth consecutive year

Issued by Continuing Education - University of Pretoria

Tuks FM walked away with five awards including the prestigious Campus Station of the Year Award for the fourth year running, which brings Tuks FM's MTN Radio Awards tally to 26 over the last four years... read more>>
Primary & Secondary Education
Motshekga to hand over 100th ASIDI school
On Thursday, 30 April, Angie Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, will hand over Dorrington Matsepe Primary School in Kroonstad, the 100th ASIDI school to be completed... read more>>
Cosmo City learners to keep warm this winter
The Department of Social Development has made a commitment to ensure that all learners from Cosmo City Junior Primary School stay warm during the winter season... read more>>
Skills Training
The future of the post office hinges on successful negotiations
The South African Post System narrowly escaped coming to a standstill in March yet again, as the Labour Court in Johannesburg granted the parastatal an interim interdict against the Communication Workers Union (CWU)... read more>>
Skills shortage far worse than admitted
There are as many as 829,800 vacant positions for high-skilled workers across a diverse spread of occupations in South Africa and this includes a dire lack of artisans, says Sean Jones, co-founder and director of black empowered artisan training academy, Artisan Training Institute (ATI)... read more>>
Technology equips librarians with 21st-century skills to help create digital citizens

Issued by Continuing Education - University of Pretoria

Delegates from around Africa attended the Professional Development Programme for the Next Generation African Library and Information Professionals over the course of four weeks during February and March... read more>>
Business
The nuts and bolts of succession planning
Succession planning is about filling the organisation's talent pipeline and building internal strength... read more>>
People on the move
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Communication skills for managers
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Energy efficiency, design engineering and auditing
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Business Networking Sandton
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