If the country is serious about skills development, it has to start from the grassroots that is in townships and rural areas where most of the youth are unemployable as a result of lacking vital skills. Encouragingly, this is what Read the full story
Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, has appointed a Task Team to evaluate textbooks to ensure they are free of bias in terms of race, sex, gender and other forms of discrimination, says the Department of Basic Education. The department says Read the full story
There is a crisis about which the country is in denial to address. In spite of frequent warnings from experts for South Africans to curb their spendthrift tendencies, more South Africans are committing their overstretched financial resources to servicing debt Read the full story
Corporate South Africa should put more effort towards national building and transformation than it is currently doing, says, Trevor Manuel, the former minister in the presidency for the National Planning Commission (NPC) and the current non-executive chairperson of Old Mutual Group Read the full story
The new Metrobus fleet is leading the way in the world in the use of both diesel and gas as a source of energy for buses. The buses are low in emissions, use gas that is commercially cheaper as well Read the full story
The City of Johannesburg and Microsoft South Africa have joined forces to train one million disadvantaged residents, free, on digital skills and literacy over a period of five-years. The City’s Mayor, Parks Tau, announced this on Tuesday, in Johannesburg, saying Read the full story
Officials from the Department of Labour and the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) will meet representatives of the catering and accommodation sectors on Tuesday to thrash out issues related to employment equity. The engagement is part of a series held Read the full story
Two South African researchers from historically disadvantaged institutions are among the thousands of scientists attending the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF 2016), which kicked of last night in Manchester, in the United Kingdom. The three-day ESOF is one of the world’s Read the full story
A young South African scientist has walked away with a prestigious HIV/AIDS research award when five scientific awards to recognise exceptional research were presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference, which ends in Durban today. Dr Sinaye Ngcapu has been Read the full story
Qualifying government employees and members of the public will now have the opportunity to access affordable housing finance following a R10.5 billion investment in SA Home Loans (SAHL). The Government Employees’ Pension Fund (GEPF), through its investment manager, the Public Read the full story
