Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has announced major new investment in university infrastructure, which will see government spending R7 billion on a range of projects countrywide. Making the announcement on Wednesday, Minister Nzimande said the investment will be Read the full story
The Black Management Forum (the BMF) which is at the forefront of transformation in Corporate South Africa welcomes the appointment of Peter Moyo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Old Mutual Emerging Markets. “Mncane Mthunzi, President of the BMF said Read the full story
South African non-profit organisations (NPOs), universities and other higher education institutions have ongoing challenges when it comes to remaining sustainable. It’s becoming more apparent that they require qualified practitioners who can attract resources. To meet this need, Inyathelo: The South Read the full story
The South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP) is about to unveil an online platform that will launch its Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programme, a key transformation driver of the fourth term council’s plan that aims to realise Read the full story
African languages have long played second fiddle to the likes of English and Afrikaans in academic and educational circles in South Africa. But increasingly academics and graduates alike are recognising the role they play in promoting all of South Africa’s 11 official Read the full story
President Jacob Zuma says agriculture is one of the powerful tools that can unearth jobs and realise the goal of radical socio-economic transformation. Addressing dozens of residents in the West Rand at the Westonaria Agri-Parks on Tuesday, President Zuma said Read the full story
The graveyard of BEE deals is huge and this is sad, that’s according to Brian Rainier CFA, Director at Pula Capital. Brian says this was based on an examination of many of these deals over the past 15 years or Read the full story
The black industrialists whose funding has been approved by the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) to the tune of R157 million for two manufacturing projects say they will create more than 1 000 sustainable jobs in the Eastern Read the full story
Metals giant Anglo American has announced the sale of its Eskom-tied domestic thermal coal operations in South Africa to a wholly owned subsidiary of Seriti Resources Holdings, a company majority owned by historically disadvantaged South Africans, and led by a Read the full story
Following the announcement by Standard & Poor Global Ratings Agency to downgrade South Africa to sub-investment grade, the Black Business Council (BBC) believes that this is a questionable and a bad judgment by the agency. This comes on the back Read the full story
