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ZIMBABWE: School's really out

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0200

HARARE: The collapse of Zimbabwe's education system, once heralded as sub-Saharan Africa's finest, is being compared to a situation usually experienced by countries at war. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zimbabwe: Schools turn children away

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:32:00 +0200

Harare: Rather than encouraging enrollment, schools in Zimbabwe are asking children not to report for lessons. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Mandela Rhodes Scholarship students announced

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:56:00 +0200

For the past 18 years, Chipateni Nyirenda from Lusaka, Zambia, wanted to meet her role model former President Nelson Mandela. Her dream was realised on Tuesday, 4 March 2008, as she, along with 23 students from across the continent, sat next to him to receive her Nelson Mandela Rhodes Scholarship. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Music video project for Africa

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:43:00 +0200

Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Stellenbosch Business School brings its popular high-level Leader's Angle talk series to Gaborone

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:58:00 +0200

The University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) is bringing its countrywide and cross-border tour of its high-level talk series, Leader's Angle, to Gaborone in September – with a well-known South African chairman of companies and former South African ambassador to Belgium as speaker. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Swaziland hopes to reverse the skills flight

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:15:00 +0200

The haemorrhage of skilled and educated people from both the public and private sectors in Swaziland, which is already facing a chronic shortage of capacity, will continue unabated unless lucrative jobs start keeping people at home, a government survey has found. Read full story... | Send to a friend

USB-ED enhances its offering to business in Gauteng by opening a new office

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:09:00 +0200

USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED), the executive education arm of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), celebrated the official opening of its new offices in Gauteng at a cocktail function at the Westcliff Hotel. Read full story... | Send to a friend

USB-ED launches Business Women's Academy

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:56:00 +0200

The Business Women's Academy, the first of its kind in the country concentrating on women in business, was launched by USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED) of the University of Stellenbosch Business School, in association with HERS-SA, on Tuesday, 22 May 2007. HERS-SA is a leading non-profit organisation dedicated to the advancement of women. Read full story... | Send to a friend