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 | LAUREN BRIGHT When it comes to our outrageously high youth unemployment rate we are, sadly, right up there with some of the worst figures in the world, writes Lauren Bright, chief executive officer of Kay Mason Foundation...read |
|  | EVAN-LEE COURIE In the past, music education in South Africa faced various challenges that included limited funding and resources, a lack of trained music teachers, and a bigger focus on academic subjects over the arts...read |
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 | Gibela Rail has picked up the baton to pioneer programmes that help learners close the skills gap and match the skills of the future labour force to the needs of the South African economy... Read |
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 | Over 3.7 million adult South Africans are illiterate, 60% of children have not learned most of the letters of the alphabet by the end of Grade 1 and over 30% still don't know all the letters of the alphabet by the end of Grade 2... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY WITS PLUS A blog in the Scientific American magazine argues that we can learn to be successful by reading about successful people and it also emphasises the role of luck in success... Read |
 | ISSUED BY UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA The University of Pretoria (UP) achieved a 100% pass rate in the 2023 South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Initial Test of Competence (ITC)... Read |
 | Since the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) established an in-house Legal Services Unit, the university has been able to hold disciplinary hearings, especially where misconduct is concerned... Read |
 | The 36th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards finalists were selected based on their architectural master's theses from the class of 2022... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BATA Two much-loved South African companies - footwear giant Bata South Africa and FMCG manufacturer, The Lion Match Company - have teamed up to tackle the issue of children in South Africa who face the daily challenge of attending school without proper footwear... Read |
 | ISSUED BY FUNDZA Injini is pleased to announce the first cohort of 12 EdTech companies participating in the inaugural Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship at Injini... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR Global Citizen, the world's leading international advocacy organization, today announced the recipients of this year's prestigious Global Citizen Prize and the Cisco Youth Leadership Award... Read |
 | ISSUED BY REGENT BUSINESS SCHOOL Regent Business School recently presented a webinar designed to help business leaders understand the current cybersecurity landscape and learn the steps necessary to protect their organisations from potential cyberattacks... Read |
 | ROLAND INNES While mentorship has now become one of the criteria for competency certification, many engineers remain reluctant to pursue mentorship skills... Read |
 | The Cape Town International Animation Festival (CTIAF) and the US Consulate General in Cape Town are hosting a pitching incubator for animators and creators... Read |
 | The National Skills Fund is expected to launch a training package in digital skills for unemployed youth in the country... Read |
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 | Businesses in Africa need to balance digital innovation and trust to appeal to the continent's consumers, who are increasingly prioritising brands with shared values and digital experiences that make them feel secure... Read |
 | The African continent is expected to grow to 2.5 billion people by 2050, which means that Africa will be one of the
largest and youngest continents, and will require a significant amount of goods and services through its continued development... Read |
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 | KOPANO GUMBI AND TANNUR ANDERS During his speech to more than 1,000 delegates at the South Africa Investment Conference, the president acknowledged that investor confidence in the country 'has been tested' by rolling blackouts and the government's inability to ease the crisis over the past 16 years... Read |
 | Hamilton recently joined Gijima in May 2022 and in his short but meaningful time, Gijima has seen tremendous transformative gains... Read |
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 | Octotel is the Western Cape's largest open-access network, offering uncapped Fibre To The Home (FTTH) and Fibre To The Business (FTTB) services through South Africa's leading Internet Service Providers. They strive to make fibre internet more accessible to all. |
 | Rich league Marketing is a sales and growth expansion company aiming to groom individuals to own their business by providing an amazing day to day business management and sales training. |
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