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| |  | TASIA MATLALA The novel coronavirus has plunged the world into a host of social and economic difficulties since it was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020... Read |  | ISSUED BY SAICA As we celebrate Youth Month, our thoughts turn to education and the efforts that have been made to make education in this country more relevant, equitable and inclusive for all our youth. Indeed, as a profession, we too have much to celebrate in this regard especially when it comes to the advancement of our transformation efforts, writes Robert Zwane, Saica's senior executive: national imperatives... Read |  | |  | ONYINYE NWANERI Arguably one of the biggest lessons we've learnt from the global Covid-19 pandemic is the power of technology and the positive impact it can have on the education sector... Read |
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| |  | As the country moves towards Level 3 lockdown regulations on 1 June, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, outlined some of the details of the eased regulations... Read |  | TELLA DE SMITH, ISSUED BY EXPO AFRICA The team at Eversharp provided 100,000 pens and 20,000 rulers that were distributed in the rural areas in and around Johannesburg. The key focus being on learners in need... Read |  | SELINA RAPULANE, ISSUED BY VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY The Vaal University of Technology Southern Gauteng Science and Technology Park (VUTSGSTP), in partnership with Tsidi and Friends, are producing face masks for their staff and students, as a contribution to the fight against Covid-19... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM While real office space is locked up is an ideal time to upgrade an online presence. The digital business-to-business media are providing valuable opportunities for companies and brands in high traffic, virtual environments. As the only media brand with community in our DNA, we are proud that a presence on Bizcommunity promises community and delivers community... Read |
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 | SHAN RADCLIFFE Rebecca Pretorius, Country Manager at Crimson Education, shares her experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how the organisation is navigating these unusual times... Read |
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 | Students receiving aid from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) have been urged to use their learning material allowances to purchase learning devices so they can learn remotely during lockdown... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE Professor Mandla Makhanya, Vice Chancellor of Unisa, shares his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how the higher education institution is navigating these unusual times... Read |
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 | Basic Education Minster Angie Motshekga says while most schools are ready for the reopening of schools to grade 7 and 12 learners - her department will not allow schools to reopen if the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) is not available... Read |
 | CANDICE ADAMS Generation Z is the group defined as growing up in the era of connected technology. Born between 1997 and 2012, most importantly, this is the generation entering the world's tertiary education systems today... Read |
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 | More than 70 South Africans have graduated from GoDaddy's Train-The-Trainer programme... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL Tendai Mtawarira went back to school this week - from the comfort of his home in Durban - as the inaugural recipient of a special scholarship from Henley Business School Africa on a programme designed to help sports icons successfully transition from the change room to the boardroom... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL Henley Business School Africa, the Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibs) and Standard Bank won the award for their Strategic Leadership Programme entitled #UnTAP, a unique collaboration between two of the country's best business schools and the bank working together to design and develop an authentically African leadership programme and share faculty and staff to present it... Read |
 | ISSUED BY UKZN EXTENDED LEARNING This programme is expected to turn current 'Accidental Project Managers' into knowledgeable and consequently skilled Project Managers. This programme is a core offering for business across key sectors of the economy and is important for managers in developing skills to effectively manage projects within an organisation... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE David Phume was born with an entrepreneurial spirit. The charismatic creative and tech entrepreneur, who hails from Bryanston, Johannesburg, has never been afraid to dream big... Read |
 | ALEX EZEH & SHARON FONN Africa remains one of the regions least affected by Covid-19, although evidence suggests it is an evolving and growing pandemic. It is now present in all African countries and territories... Read |
 | AMROTE ABDELLA The current global crisis has highlighted a number of areas, from the need for efficient information management to the need for accurate data gathering for faster medical response... Read |
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 | This Youth Month, young and confident 'thought leaders' share what they think the business community can do better to address the needs of the youth... Read |
 | MARC LUBNER We're seeing much more in the way of actual help for those affected by coronavirus than I've seen for any other cause, anywhere in South Africa, ever... Read |
 | ALLON RAIZ In her authoritative book, Time to Think, author Nancy Kline talks about the importance of creating time to think... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE The Hope Project SA is a non-profit organisation that's building a community creating job opportunities and relief for artists and crew members who find themselves in dire financial trouble during our current economic climate... Read |
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