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Students gear up for 2016 Enactus competition
Students gear up for 2016 Enactus competition
The 2016 Enactus South Africa National Competition, which will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 27 - 28 July 2016, will provide university students with the opportunity to showcase projects aimed at improving the standard of living for communities through enterprising business innovation... read


Education
Ethiopia blocks social media ahead of exams
Ethiopia blocks social media ahead of exams
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia has blocked social media sites for the next few days, after questions from end-of-year exams were posted online last month, sparking a national scandal and leading to their annulment... read
Net closes in on illegal initiation schools
Net closes in on illegal initiation schools
Traditional Affairs Deputy Minister Obed Bapela has slammed illegal initiation schools that coerce and kidnap young children... read
Bizters are doing it for bread
Bizters are doing it for bread

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Brothers and Bizters, this year sees Bizcommunity launch the inaugural Bizters for Bread Corporate Challenge, whereby we are inviting our fellow Cape Town-based biz communities to rise to our challenge to walk against hunger... read
E-learning
New TVC from Unisa follows life of a distance learner
New TVC from Unisa follows life of a distance learner
Net#work BBDO has designed a new TVC for Unisa to launch and reinforce its new brand proposition - Define Tomorrow, using the story of the tenacity of a Unisa student who accesses his higher education through online and distance learning... read
Higher Education
Varsity Eat Off part of Sandwich Baron's 20th anniversary
Varsity Eat Off part of Sandwich Baron's 20th anniversary
As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the Sandwich Baron ran a 'Varsity Eat Off' as one of 20 activations... read
Varsity fees 'must be pegged to inflation'
Varsity fees 'must be pegged to inflation'
In a move that could reignite #FeesMustFall protests, university fees could rise as much as 6% in 2017 following a 2016 moratorium that has set institutions and the state back billions of rand... read
Merck is sponsoring an oncology fellowship at the University of Nairobi
New fellowship to strengthen cancer care in Africa
A new oncology fellowship at the University of Nairobi aims to improve access to cancer care and strengthen the healthcare system in emerging markets.. read
#FeesMustFall shuns free-learning probe
#FeesMustFall shuns free-learning probe
#FeesMustFall has shunned a commission set up by President Jacob Zuma to look into no-fee higher education... read
Primary & Secondary Education
Minister of Mineral Resources, Mosebenzi Zwane, hands over the school hall built by Sibanye Gold.
Sibanye boosts education with a R6,2m facility
Sibanye, has financed and delivered a state-of-the-art, multipurpose hall to the Free State Department of Education as per its social and labour plan agreements... read
ERM provides IkamvaYouth with Nokero solar lights
ERM provides IkamvaYouth with Nokero solar lights
In response to a request made by IkamvaYouth, Environmental Resources Management (ERM) have provided the non-profit with Nokero solar lights (a total of 2,000) to help learners study safely after dark... read
Dell opens solar-powered classroom at Waverley Girls' High
Dell opens solar-powered classroom at Waverley Girls' High
Dell has opened its ninth solar-powered Learning Lab at Waverley Girls' High with the aim of providing technology and connectivity to hundreds of girls from underserviced communities in Alexandria and Hillbrow... read
Skills Training
Tshwane skills programme targets the youth
Tshwane skills programme targets the youth
When Nteseng Mogorosi finished matric in 2004, he always knew that he wanted to be in business because he believed it would give him the freedom to own his life... read
GrandWest shows learners a day in the life of a chef
GrandWest shows learners a day in the life of a chef
The A Day in the Life of a Chef initiative sought to ignite a passion for culinary arts amongst the learners by giving them practical insight into the range of career opportunities... read
Multi-pronged remedy for youth unemployment
Multi-pronged remedy for youth unemployment
The unpreparedness of youth for employment coupled with the unrealistic expectations is adding to the problem of youth unemployment... read
Business
Will AI disrupt business?
Will AI disrupt business?

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The once-futuristic predictions about how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the world are becoming reality... read
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