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Fashion college graduates find employment

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:15:00 +0200

Linea Academy, a Durban-based fashion college, is delighted that over 90% of its 2009 graduate students have already found positions within the local apparel and fashion sector. According to Renato Palmi, the college's marketing and strategic director, the uptake of graduates proves that there are companies doing well and that a fashion career complemented with a degree in fashion studies is a good choice.
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ICT shortages, new PDI programs

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:31:00 +0200

Following on recent reports of severe national ICT skills shortages nationally and provincially, the ICT incubator, Bandwidth Barn and the Cape IT Initiative (CITI) will launch a training programme focusing on the two core areas of technical skills and basic business administration skills in the Western Cape.
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Win a US exchange mentorship in youth entrepreneur competition

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:14:00 +0200

The Young Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) has been launched in South Africa as an initiative to assist young entrepreneurs to harness their leadership skills and to sharpen their business skills by offering exchange and mentorship programmes with USA-based tertiary intuitions and other businesses. Its first project will select suitably qualified individuals throughout South Africa through a merit-based open competition. Applicants in the events; tourism; service provision and education industries are encouraged to enter.
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Cooking up a feast of skills

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:03:00 +0200

For the cooks-in-training at a special school in Johannesburg the exam period is a time to prove that the proof of the pudding is indeed in the eating.
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Bakery training by US giant opens in Jhb

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:01:00 +0200

In response to the need to provide hands-on training for staff employed in in-store bakeries, convenience store bakeries, retail bakeries and foodservice operations, Rich Products Corporation has opened a product solution centre and bakery and food service training schools in Johannesburg.
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Cape craft recreates local sights

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:04:00 +0200

Anticipating that visitors to SA, particularly football fans, would purchase generic craft products, the Western Cape craft producers are drawing on sources as diverse as the texture of Robben Island's sand and the colour of blue lizards at Cape Point, to develop uniquely Cape products.
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Bursaries for electronic media offered

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:40:00 +0200

The National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa NEMISA and SABC Education are offering bursary opportunities to the value of R1 million.
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2010 bursary from Edgars

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:01:00 +0200

Edgars launched a new initiative aimed at the improvement of education via a holistic bursary programme in September 2009. Although the programme was initiated in celebration of Edgars' 80th birthday, the bursary programme will only officially commence in 2010 as part of a five-year programme that is strongly aligned with Edcon's CSI strategy of investing in the communities in which it operates and it contributes towards Edcon's BBBEE programme.
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Unilever at Brands & Branding for Good

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:29:00 +0200

Brands & Branding for Good, South Africa's first conference to include a focus on sustainable branding, takes place on 20-21 October 2009 at Midrand and will include the chair of Unilever South Africa, Gail Klintworth.
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IT skills uplift Cape students

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:02:00 +0200

Discovering that of the 1000 job seekers ADT Security interviews every month, the majority do not have the most basic of skills and are therefore unemployable, the company has established the ‘ADT Teach' programme.
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