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Wits School of Law to discontinue undergraduate LLB
The University of the Witwatersrand has approved the plan of the School of Law to discontinue the undergraduate Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) and to introduce the LLB postgraduate programme. Read more >>


Education
Jay Naidoo speaks at Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert honorary lecture
Jay Naidoo, former cabinet minister and current chairperson of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (Gain) delivered the annual Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert honorary lecture in Stellenbosch last week. Read more >>

Monash South Africa student attends Clinton Global Initiative University conference
Marketing
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Higher Education
Education crucial for continued tourism industry growth and success
With tourism and hospitality one of the fastest growing sectors in South Africa, contributing billions annually to the economy, young people are increasingly attracted to the idea of living the dream by choosing a career in the industry, believing that it will be a life filled with travel and glamour, with only an occasional interruption in the way of "real work". Read more >>

Brett Goldin Bursary winners announced
Kate Liquorish and Tony Bonani Miyambo clinched the 2014 Brett Goldin Bursary awards at an event held at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, recently - days before the eighth anniversary of the young actor's brutal murder over the Easter weekend in 2006. Read more >>

'Legal barbarians' force Wits to rethink its LLB degree
The four-year under-graduate law degree aimed at transforming the legal profession is to be scrapped at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). Read more >>

Bright futures ahead for bursary winning students
Many South Africans have the ambitions to improve their lives through a tertiary education, yet for many the financial means to do so often results in those dreams never being realised. Two students from the City of Gold, were given a golden opportunity to bring their ambitions to life after being awarded a R38,000 study bursary each. Read more >>

Confronting the Janus-faced approach to sustainability in business education

Ahmed Shaikh and Mark Hay

In 2013, one year after the appointment of a new director for research and innovation, Regent Business School's management and academic staff were bombarded with robust argument regarding the integrity and relevance of the institution's academic curriculum, specific to the issue of sustainability. Read more >>

Primary & Secondary Education
African EduWeek returns to Johannesburg to empower teachers with practical expo and workshops

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Thousands of teachers and education experts will gather for the annual African EduWeek from 10-11 July in Johannesburg for an interactive conference and expo that will empower them through technology, skills and interaction with their peers. Read more >>

PSG sets aside Curro rights issue funds

Phakamisa Ndzamela

Stellenbosch-based PSG Group said it had about R500m available for investments and would use the bulk of the funds to subscribe for a rights issue in its investment Curro‚ a fast-growing company that provides private education. Read more >>

Skills Training
How a spokesman can transform your conference

Peter Davidson

If you are in charge of planning an important corporate conference, you want to make sure that your company shines in all its glory. Whether the event lasts for just several hours, a standard business day, or spans several days, you want it to go smoothly. Read more >>

Design @ 50 graduates receive certificates
The first intake of provincial government-launched commercial jewellery design programme Design @ 50 have recently received their certificates. Read more >>

Norton Rose Fulbright trains English solicitors
The South African offices of global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright have been accredited as solicitor training establishments by the English Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The appointment allows the three national offices to train English law graduates to become English qualified solicitors in South Africa. Read more >>


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    Retail
      SA February retail trade sales up 2.2% y/y
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      Location vital in successful franchising - Werner Hedder

      Government
        Broadcaster lifts ban on DA adverts

        CSI
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          InnoVent helps fill SA's skills gap, one student at a time

          Finance
            SABMiller full-year group revenue up 3%
            Institute of Retirement Funds appoints new CEO
            Pick n Pay earnings up 24.4% to 138.5c

            Agriculture
              Tru-Cape celebrates Jan van Riebeeck diary entry
              Maize futures end mixed as rains delay new crop delivery
              Farm equity proposal is 'smoke and mirrors' - Paul Vecchiatto

              Building
                First black-owned steel mill in SA Agni Steel starts production - Mark Allix
                Total says 'very promising' oil find off Ivory Coast
                Pilot Crushtec delivers cone crusher to Strabag

                GreenBiz
                  Kenya's shift to green economy should generate $45bn
                  First Ford dealership to use new cooling system
                  WESSA announces winners of Waste to Wealth Competition

                  HR & Recruitment
                    [BizCareers] Avoiding job spec misrepresentation - Juliette Attwell
                    Employment equity report 'disappointing and superficial' - Bekezela Phakathi

                    Legal
                      Barnard v SAPS: a peculiarly South African tale - Gavin Stansfield and Anli Bezuidenhout
                      Labour Court clarifies issue of annual leave - Nicholas Preston

                      Manufacturing
                        Altaaqa Global opens Nairobi office
                        120 trainees ready to take on manufacturing sector - Siphiwe Nyathi
                        SABMiller's Africa sales slow growth - Nick Hedley

                        Property
                          Credit amnesty and the property market
                          Rethink of housing supply essential for emerging economies
                          Hout Bay property becomes the flavour of the month

                          Tourism
                            Wilderness Botswana camps scores high in ecotourism
                            FlySafair granted domestic scheduled passenger licence
                            Clock Tower's steps at V&A Waterfront transformed

                            ICT
                              City of Cape Town's broadband achieves major milestone
                              American tech giant partners South African IT Distributor
                              Where are the programmers?

                              Lifestyle & Entertainment
                                Bands gather for South African Indies Music Week
                                Be swept away by The Grand Budapest Hotel - Daniel Dercksen
                                New fringe festival for Cape Town

                                Automotive
                                  Which medium SUV is king?
                                  Huge party plans as Mustang turns 50
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