Have you paid tribute to Madiba yet?
Well, here's your chance to pay tribute to the memory of the statesman who contributed so much to this country. But don't mourn... Rather
celebrate Madiba's life... (After all, it's what he would have wanted, don't you think?)
And now for something completely different...
Honestly now - that Nkandla media leak... Who would you believe? Nelson Mandela donated a large chunk of his salary as president of SA to charity; only a few million was spent on his home and security. And then we have Nkandla and what the Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has found; in short that we, the taxpayers, have been ripped off... Enough said?
On the education front, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has released the
Annual National Assessment (ANA) results, which show that our education system is nothing to be proud of.
Finally, the festive season is approaching and, while the decent among us are filled with goodwill to all, there are scum-suckers out there who are the dregs of society and will be out to relieve you of your hard-earned cash, among other things. So... here's how to
stay cyber-safe this holiday season.
For those of you starting your end-of-year break this Friday, take care, drive carefully and remember... everything in moderation.
Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | A great man has passed away and we all mourn the loss of Madiba, but while we mourn, let us also celebrate the life and the achievements of one of history's greatest statesmen, and certainly South Africa's and Africa's greatest. (video) Read more >>
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 | Issued by TSiBA Education The Tertiary School in Business Administration (TSiBA) Eden campus has been awarded a Gold Award by the Impumelelo Social Innovations Centre for being an exceptional model for rural tertiary education. Read more >>
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 | Allan Gray, founder of the southern African investment management firm Allan Gray Limited; Professor Daniel Kunene, a leading scholar in the translation and critical appraisal of African literature; and Professor Derek Yellon, a world-renowned cardiovascular scientist, will all receive honorary degrees at the University of Cape Town's 2013 December graduation ceremonies, starting next week. Read more >>
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 | Students from four MBA syndicate groups at Milpark's Business School scooped up most of the awards in the recent IDC 2013 National MBA Business Plan Competition, which was aimed at both start-ups and established businesses based in the Southern African Development Community (SADEC) and invited students at postgraduate level to submit innovative business plans for consideration. Read more >>
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 | Eduloan, the provider of education finance and one of the corporates supporting the Primestars "Step Up, Let's Lead" National Youth Leader Awards, has presented full access to its Educonnect online platform to the 18 finalists in the awards, as well as a R300,000 bursary to the winner of the accounting and commerce category. Read more >>
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 | Registered architectural students are invited to enter a competition for conversion concepts of the Silos in Newtown. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Damelin Damelin Randburg proudly received ISO 1900:2008 certification from the South African Bureau of Standards on Wednesday, 4 December - marking a momentous milestone for the Damelin Education Group. Read more >>
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 | Last year Konica Minolta South Africa converted a light commercial vehicle into a mobile library, providing children and communities in the Gauteng area with access to books, thus giving them the opportunity to improve their literacy skills. But the company's dedication to education and literacy did not stop there. Read more >>
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 | Last week the South African Mathematics Foundation (SAMF), which acts as the national office for mathematics in SA, released an informal report on the mathematics textbooks available to support the implementation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in the Foundation Phase (FP). Read more >>
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 | Ilse van den Berg I chatted to Homecoming Revolution founder and CEO, Angel Jones and newly appointed managing partner, Bruce Mubayiwa to find out more about his new role as well as where the company is heading. Read more >>
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 | DHL Global Forwarding's Fresh Connection Challenge 2013 produced some fierce rivalries among South African companies earlier this year. The advanced web-based supply-chain business game has caught the attention of leaders in a number of industries. Apart from some pretty impressive rewards for the winners, the game itself is invaluable in building effective, dynamic supply-chain teams and increased organisational supply-chain knowledge. Read more >>
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 | DHL Global Forwarding's Fresh Connection Challenge 2013 produced some fierce rivalries among South African companies earlier this year. The advanced web-based supply chain business game has caught the attention of leaders in a number of industries. Read more >>
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 | At the end of November, six candidates graduated from Mimecast's inaugural Graduate Programme, in which they received full in-house product and company training and were exposed to a broad spectrum of IT and business-related disciplines through hands-on rotations and projects within various departments. Read more >>
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 | Inspiring a Generation is an ASSITEJ SA and Theatre Arts Admin Collective initiative, which aims to inspire theatre practitioners to make innovative theatre for children in South Africa. Building a new generation of artists working in theatre for children and young people will create a generation who love and are inspired by theatre. Read more >>
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 | Hosted by the Stellenbosch Outdoor Sculpture Trust and professional services firm Deloitte, the inaugural KickstART exhibition at the Pniel Museum features charcoal sketches selected from more than 180 children from 15 disadvantaged schools who participated in the KickstART Outreach Week in September. Read more >>
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 | John French The annual office year-end party is usually where some of the craziest communication of the year takes place. Colleagues are usually beyond drained and exhausted at this time of the year and yet over-jubilant and excited at the same time. Read more >>
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 | A new online toolkit, free to download, will guide and assist artists and arts organisations in the effective use of online and social media tools. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK / BRASILIA, BRAZIL: British publisher Pearson, owner of the Financial Times newspaper, said on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Grupo Multi, a leading adult English language training firm in Brazil. Read more >>
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