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Registration opens for 2016 academic year
[More Matshediso] PRETORIA: Hundreds of parents braved the chilly morning to be the first in line at schools around Gauteng to book a space for their children at schools close to their residential areas and places of work for the 2016 academic year... read more>>



E-learning
eLearning Africa 2015 calls leaders to "leapfrog the shackles of convention"
eLearning Africa will celebrate its tenth anniversary next month in Addis Ababa with a typically diverse and challenging agenda focusing on how technology and learning are changing the African continent... read more>>
UCT offers first mid-year intake of students through GetSmarter
The University of Cape Town, through its "Across Africa" partnership with GetSmarter, today announced the launch of a mid-year intake of students for its Advanced Diploma in Business Project Management, starting June 2015... read more>>
Higher Education
Computer students hit right keys to kindness

Deneesha Pillay

A video showing a group of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University students performing acts of kindness to make other students' days has taken social media by storm, with people challenged to do the same in their areas... read more>>
Black studies for UCT
Curricular change could prove the most contentious element of UCT's transformation in the wake of recent protests on the campus... read more>>
Student wellness programme launched in Ulundi
PRETORIA: Over 4,000 students at Mthashana Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College in Ulundi are set to benefit from a general health and wellness programme... read more>>
SAEON launches Agulhas System Climate Array project
Primary & Secondary Education
Investec hands over youth centre to Westbury community
In partnership with NGO Khulisa Social Solutions, Investec handed over Westbury Youth Centre to the Johannesburg community on Wednesday... read more>>
1965Ride raises funds for disadvantaged learners
The 1965Ride culminated in Queenstown after seventeen cyclists left Heidelberg, Gauteng on 8 April and covered a distance spanning some 850 kilometres in nine days... read more>>
Education Dialogue SA follows up on proposals to upgrade basic education
The Education Dialogue SA has come up with several concrete proposals to upgrade basic education and is currently seeking ministerial and cabinet approval... read more>>
Sabinet continues to support libraries

Issued by Sabinet

The Sabinet Chairperson's Fund ensures that the social responsibility initiatives undertaken by Sabinet achieve their primary objectives, remain impactful and deliver long-term tangible results... read more>>
Skills Training
The Barn Khayelitsha launches e-commerce course
The Barn Khayelitsha supports local entrepreneurs through its community-based incubator... read more>>
Agri-entrepreneurs empowered with skills in job creation, food security and rural development

Issued by Continuing Education - University of Pretoria

Agri SA hosted a certificate ceremony during the first quarter of 2015 in recognition of the first group of delegates who have successfully completed the inaugural Agricultural Enterprise Management Programme... read more>>
Business
Six ways to balance work and family
In today's modern age, it is difficult to live a life that balances your professional responsibilities with your family duties... read more>>
Government news
Learners warned against attacking foreign nationals
The Department of Basic Education has warned learners not to involve themselves in looting and attacking of foreign nationals... read more>>
More Government news
Jobs offered
Training Liaison Officer - Cape Town
Western Cape Government currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced training liaison officer (Ref. TPW 2015/212). Applications close: 30 April 2015 Read more >>



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