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Currently employing half of South Africa's labour force and contributing a third of its GDP, SMMEs seem to be the obvious solution to SA's high youth unemployment rate. The question becomes: how best to develop our youth as entrepreneurs...? read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Kurt Minnaar is a teacher with a difference. Dreamer Education, an NGO started with his wife and a little help from his friends in the creative industry, is revolutionising the way basic foundation phase mathematics skills are being taught by incorporating music and rhythm - you can also play a part... Read
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Touted as the 'largest video game venue in West Africa', the Paradise Game Centre officially opened its doors on the first floor of Cosmos Yopougon, the new shopping centre in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on Wednesday... Read
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Higher Education
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ISSUED BY AFDA
Ready to arrive for Open Day at your nearest AFDA campus? We've put together a guide so that you can get the very best out of your AFDA Open Day experience... Read
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ISSUED BY AFDA
AFDA is excited to have the highly experienced film industry professionals Richard Starkey and Adze Ugah studying the AFDA Master of Fine Arts in Motion Picture Medium... Read
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UCT, together with the University of Bristol, are launching a new 'Researchers without Borders' PhD programme... Read
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ROSHIN SCHMIDT, ISSUED BY FALSE BAY COLLEGE
Thousands of applications were received, seven were selected from Africa, including Simnikiwe Ngcawa, the only TVET College representative to participate in the Community College Initiative Programme 2019-2020... Read
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After their first semester and first major university exams, many first years are sitting with an unenviable conundrum: the realisation that they may not have made the best choice about what to study for the next three years of their life... Read
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ISSUED BY FALSE BAY COLLEGE
False Bay TVET College, Khayelitsha Campus together with the Department of Small Business Development hosted a youth dialogue with college students and young entrepreneurs... Read
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ABRAHAM OLIVER, ISSUED BY FALSE BAY COLLEGE
False Bay TVET College is intentional about instilling a culture of entrepreneurship amongst the student population, getting them to think differently about entrepreneurship as a career of choice... Read
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MELANIE VERMAAK, ISSUED BY FALSE BAY COLLEGE
False Bay TVET College is an active participant in the MOT Programme. This is a programme that originated in Norway and aims to give students certain tools to help them develop into strong and resilient members of society... Read
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Primary & Secondary Education
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South Africans are experiencing worsening levels of financial vulnerability, which implies a rising sense of economic insecurity and a general inability to cope financially. This is according to the latest Momentum/Unisa Consumer Financial Vulnerability Index, which reveals that many South Africans are not living within their means, which typically translates into increased hardship in the future. Read
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ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE
Several studies on teacher development and teacher quality note the high turnover rate amongst South African teachers... Read
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Skills Training
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Fifty-two South African graduates will leave for Japan on Saturday, 27 July as part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) programme, which is aimed at enhancing foreign language education and promoting international exchange between Japanese and foreign youth... Read
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Southern Africa Toastmasters is set to launch its first-ever Anglo-Francophone club in Johannesburg on Wednesday 31 July 2019 in Sandton, Johannesburg... Read
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The School of Hard Knocks (SOHK) in the Western Cape has taken the initiative to contribute to addressing South Africa's youth unemployment challenge by providing courses that assist youth to enter the job market... Read
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Thirteen formerly unemployed students of Arc Skills have formed their own company, Simunye Trading Construction, and have won their first house-building contract... Read
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In2IT Technologies SA was recently recognised for its work done in bolstering education and skills development in South Africa and announces bursary programme... Read
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ISSUED BY UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
The 20th annual Women in Business Conference on 16 August at the UCT Graduate School of Business will be bringing together industry leaders to explore how female disruptors can win in a world transformed by technology... Read
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In support of the UN's World Youth Skills Day on 15 July, Surf Laundry hosted a free Career Confidence workshop in Soweto, Johannesburg, based on their free Surf School of Shine online platform... Read
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Zimbabweans living in South Africa may now send goods and groceries back home as Hello Paisa launched its Malaicha.com collection and delivery service app... Read
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MIKE ABEL
Strive to own a small part of something extraordinary and not a large part of something ordinary, writes Mike Abel... Read
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"How I Built This" dives into the stories behind growing SME's and the movements they built... Read
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Technology has enabled organisations to deliver more innovative solutions in the workplace to provide for a more compelling environment. This, however, should not happen to the detriment of the company culture... Read
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LUVUYO MADASA AND DAVID BLYTH
Twenty-five years into democracy and South Africa continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons... Read
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 The B-BBEE skills development framework has changed and will be put into effect on 29 November 2019. Want to hear how you can benefit? Read more >>
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