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 | SINDY PETERS Zakheni Ngubo, founder and CEO at Syafunda, shares his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how his organisation is navigating these unusual times...read |
|  | | The Department of Basic Education (DBE) on Thursday warned against the premature re-opening of schools...read |
|  | ILSE VAN DEN BERG A mother of three, a small business owner, and hands-on involved in uplifting the youth through the Sakhisizwe Youth Development Programme (YDP), Mhinti Pato is basically the South African version of Wonder Woman...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY AFRICA TEEN GEEKS Africa Teen Geeks and the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) will offer career guidance sessions for learners in grades 11 and 12, who are preparing for their undergraduate degree applications... Read |  | ISSUED BY SACAP An interview with Natasa Meli, the South African College of Applied Psychology's Head of Online Campus... Read |  | ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS Aiming to make a difference through timeous innovation, Mpact has developed a face shield specifically for children; ready for the reopening of schools... Read |  | ISSUED BY UKZN EXTENDED LEARNING At UKZN Extended Learning, we are embracing the changes and are working on a number of projects aimed at providing free access to learning materials... Read |
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| Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance |
 | Foonda Technology Solutions has launched a digital platform that aims to match eligible students with tertiary scholarships, bursaries, learnerships and other sponsorship opportunities from across the globe... Read |
| Distance Learning |
 | South African families are going through tremendously challenging times as most continue to stay at home during the country's extended lockdown. While it is not yet clear when schools will start to re-open, thousands upon thousands of learners are working hard to stay on top of their educational journeys, while those parents who can do so are still working from home... Read |
| E-learning |
 | ROBERT SPEED Adopting a suitable and robust online learning strategy is key to maintaining academic continuity for institutions of higher learning... Read |
| Higher Education |
 | ISSUED BY NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (NWU) The Bachelor of Mechatronic Engineering programme at the North-West University (NWU) has been approved by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and will allow graduates to compete internationally on the world stage... Read |
 | ISSUED BY UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS The latest ranking of customised programmes from the Financial Times shows the University Cape Town Graduate School of Business is leading in South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GORDON INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS SCIENCE Building on Gibs's reputation as the 'business school of business', the Ethics Barometer aims to deliver benefits on both a micro and macro level - to individual companies as well as to the broader business community... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GORDON INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS SCIENCE University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business (Gibs) has again been ranked as the top South African and African business school for executive education by the UK Financial Times in its Executive Education 2020 Ranking... Read |
| Primary & Secondary Education |
 | Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will this week announce the department's preparations with regards to the reopening of schools... Read |
 | The Department of Basic Education has welcomed a judgment by the Limpopo High Court dismissing an application seeking to halt the department's proposed re-opening of schools on 1 June... Read |
 | In an effort to support rural learners without access to television classes, computers or data, Kagiso Trust has partnered with the Limpopo Department of Education to provide radio lessons to Grade 12 learners. The scheduled lessons will commence via Capricorn FM radio from Monday, 11 May 2020... Read |
| Skills Training |
 | Honoris United Universities, the pan-African network of private higher education institutions, has joined forces with the internationally acclaimed coding bootcamp, Le Wagon, to provide a free online web development course as the network integrates coding as a skill into its employability ecosystem... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WITS PLUS Wits Language School's English improvement courses are designed for second language speakers. In these courses, you will increase your vocabulary, revise essential grammar rules and learn how to write business documents that are effective, professional and persuasive... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS Lisa Ilingworth, CEO and co-founder of Futureproof SA, shares her experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how her organisation is navigating these unusual times... Read |
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 | The global digital evolution has just been put into overdrive by Covid-19 as locked-down nations are forced to accelerate the shift online, driving a massive spike in data needs... Read |
 | SHAHEEN MEHTAR, LUCILLE BLUMBERG, MARC MENDELSON Many countries, including South Africa and Nigeria in Africa, are moving to make it mandatory to wear non-medical cloth masks when people are outside their homes... Read |
 | KATHERINE E GALLAGHER, ANTHONY SCOTT, IFEDAYO ADETIFA, JOHN OJAL, SHIRINE VOLLER & WANGECI KAGUCIA World Immunisation Week is celebrated in the last week of April every year. The aim is to recognise efforts to develop new vaccines and increase vaccination coverage worldwide... Read |
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 | At the beginning of March few anticipated the significant impact the Covid-19 pandemic would have on the lives of all South Africans... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Charmaine Lambert, manager at WorkInProgress, an Absa innovation lab, believes that the next six months will be a challenging time for the majority of the startup community... Read |
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