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ADRIAN CHESTER
Over the past few weeks media headlines have been filled with harrowing stories of tragedies across the country affecting learners at schools. These tragedies have obviously fostered much discussion in the media regarding the role of schools in loco parentis. Meaning 'in the place of a parent', this legal doctrine holds that educators assume custody of learners at school... read
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In a bid to aid busy parents across the country, Cool (kids') Cabs has launched South Africa's first ride-hailing app purely for scholar transport... Read
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Education
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Government expenditure on learning will in three years reach R434.2 billion, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has revealed... Read
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Higher Education
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The gender gap in attendance of tertiary education institutions has narrowed from 8.4 percentage points in 2002 to 4.8 percentage points in 2018, with females outpacing men during that period... Read
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ISSUED BY GORDON INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS SCIENCE
Associate Professor Dr Caren Scheepers of the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibs) has won the Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method at the European Case Awards... Read
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ISSUED BY REGENT BUSINESS SCHOOL
Africa's leading educationist and academic trailblazer, Professor Yusuf Karodia, has cautioned that to sustainably address the challenges posed by the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), policymakers and education advocates on the continent need to embrace new, digitally-immersive methods to higher education... Read
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Primary & Secondary Education
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The Mpumalanga Provincial Government will commence with the construction of seven new schools in five fast-growing towns... Read
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Skills Training
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MARTIN PIENAAR
Do you know how much of their income millennials are advised to save if they want to retire at 65? It used to be 15% but has leapt up dramatically to 40%. Given that savings have never exceeded 13% of income since 1960, I'm betting very few people will reach the 40% savings ideal... Read
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ISSUED BY UKZN EXTENDED LEARNING
The Trade, Investment Promotion and Economic Development Programme (TIPED) is designed to provide a seamless pipeline to build South Africa's capacity to lead and manage strategic and sustainable investment... Read
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OZAYR PATEL
Nigeria has confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus disease after an Italian business traveller arrived in Lagos on 27 February... Read
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The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, started at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. It is spreading rapidly around the world and countries face many challenges in preventing and managing the spread of a new virus within and across borders... Read
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JO-ANNE BOTES
The global drive towards digital transformation is having a profoundly disruptive impact on all areas of our lives... Read
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As organisations become increasingly more complex, there are now more moving parts in your business than ever before... Read
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JEANNE DU PLESSIS
If you're itching to take the next step in your career, you might want to explore the opportunities that are being offered in South Africa's thriving startup scene... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
There's a new app called RYDD that has been designed to provide a responsible, sober driver to chauffeur both its users and their cars home safely... Read
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 | Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified part-time (5/8) senior lecturer/lecturer: actuarial science (Ref.EBW08/038/0220). Applications close 19 March 2020. Read more >> |
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