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Yesh Surjoodeen is managing director of HP Southern and Central Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2025: African innovation depends on investment and protecting intellectual property

Yesh Surjoodeen 5 Feb 2025

AEL provides a unique solution for students left without confirmed university placement

Higher Education

AEL provides a unique solution for students left without confirmed university placement

Issued by Stone 29 Jan 2025

SADiLaR launches higher education support programme to advance multilingualism in SA’s universities

Higher Education

SADiLaR launches higher education support programme to advance multilingualism in SA’s universities

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 3 Dec 2024

Institutions accepting late applications for 2025

Higher Education

Institutions accepting late applications for 2025

Issued by FundiConnect 29 Nov 2024

South Africa’s university students shape the future of corporate sustainability in the SDG Challenge 2024

Higher Education

South Africa’s university students shape the future of corporate sustainability in the SDG Challenge 2024

Issued by Soapbox 7 Nov 2024

SA’s higher education crisis: How an educator exodus threatens our future

Higher Education

SA’s higher education crisis: How an educator exodus threatens our future

Ebrahim Mahomed 29 Oct 2024

New UWC incubator in Bellville targets growth of township businesses

Higher Education

New UWC incubator in Bellville targets growth of township businesses

9 Oct 2024

Stepping up youth employability for jobs and better life chances

Education

Stepping up youth employability for jobs and better life chances

Vera Ng’oma, Issued by British Council 4 Sep 2024

Pre-enrol at South Africa’s leading private higher education institution

Higher Education

Pre-enrol at South Africa’s leading private higher education institution

Issued by Eduvos 2 Sep 2024

Universities with no application fees for 2025

Higher Education

Universities with no application fees for 2025

Issued by FundiConnect 22 Aug 2024

Sasol announces 2025 bursary opportunities for learners

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Sasol announces 2025 bursary opportunities for learners

26 Jun 2024

2025 Unisa application dates: What you need to know

Higher Education

2025 Unisa application dates: What you need to know

Issued by FundiConnect 20 Jun 2024

A university education should not be the only path to success in SA

Higher Education

A university education should not be the only path to success in SA

Francis Petersen 26 Apr 2024

2025 university application dates: Everything you need to know

Higher Education

2025 university application dates: Everything you need to know

Issued by FundiConnect 16 Apr 2024

New Future Africa research chair appointment a milestone alliance for SA universities

Higher Education

New Future Africa research chair appointment a milestone alliance for SA universities

11 Apr 2024

Africa unites to bring nuclear nutrition expertise to the continent

Nutrition

Africa unites to bring nuclear nutrition expertise to the continent

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 2 Apr 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Research

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

Our mother languages: What’s in it for us?

Education

Our mother languages: What’s in it for us?

Issued by Stellenbosch University Language Centre 21 Feb 2024

Eduvos prioritises student wellness with new Universal Healthcare partnership

Higher Education

Eduvos prioritises student wellness with new Universal Healthcare partnership

Issued by Eduvos 19 Feb 2024

South African Universities Acting Local and Thinking Global for the UN's SDGs

Higher Education

South African Universities Acting Local and Thinking Global for the UN's SDGs

Issued by Soapbox 15 Nov 2023

South African universities secure R2.31bn in philanthropic funding

Higher Education

South African universities secure R2.31bn in philanthropic funding

14 Nov 2023

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Skills Development

Only a couple weeks left to apply for 2024 SEIFSA bursary

10 Nov 2023

Higher Education

Multimedia is key to distance education: I built a model South African universities can use

Khanyisile Yanela Twabu 8 Nov 2023

The urgent need to address the struggling education system's role in escalating unemployment

Education

The urgent need to address the struggling education system's role in escalating unemployment

Paul Esterhuizen 27 Oct 2023

Eduvos pre-enrol to alleviate stress of matric learners

Higher Education

Eduvos pre-enrol to alleviate stress of matric learners

Issued by Eduvos 19 Oct 2023

E-commerce: How tertiary education must change to meet needs of industry

E-commerce

E-commerce: How tertiary education must change to meet needs of industry

Issued by TDMC 21 Aug 2023

WindAc Africa 2023 calls researchers and students to unpack wind power in the energy crisis

Higher Education

WindAc Africa 2023 calls researchers and students to unpack wind power in the energy crisis

25 Jul 2023

UKZN's Prof Sunil Maharaj honoured with Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award

Higher Education

UKZN's Prof Sunil Maharaj honoured with Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award

4 Jul 2023

NWU excels again in QS World University Rankings - now tenth in Africa

Higher Education

NWU excels again in QS World University Rankings - now tenth in Africa

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 30 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

#AfricaMonth: Tech lessons from DevConf 2023

Technology

#AfricaMonth: Tech lessons from DevConf 2023

Issued by BET Software 31 May 2023

Semigration - Cape Town universities and industry focus is helping to drive the Western Cape economy

Facilities & Property Management

Semigration - Cape Town universities and industry focus is helping to drive the Western Cape economy

Issued by Biggles Removals 31 May 2023

Africa Day 2023: Our Africa, our future

Africa Month

Africa Day 2023: Our Africa, our future

Issued by Stellenbosch University Language Centre 23 May 2023

UCT retains top spot in Africa

Higher Education

UCT retains top spot in Africa

16 May 2023

Eduroam rolled out at all ACSA airports

Higher Education

Eduroam rolled out at all ACSA airports

26 Apr 2023

Residential Property

Greenovate Awards 2022: announcing the winners

Issued by Catchwords 28 Nov 2022

VUT strengthens ties with Kenya's Maasai Mara University by signing a memorandum of understanding

Higher Education

VUT strengthens ties with Kenya's Maasai Mara University by signing a memorandum of understanding

Issued by Vaal University of Technology 10 Nov 2022

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Education

SA languages spell checker now available for free download

5 Oct 2022

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Higher Education

Universities shouldn't use software to monitor online exams: here's why

Sioux McKenna 14 Sep 2022

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Higher Education

CMU, Mastercard Foundation partnership to expand tech education in Africa

13 Sep 2022

Get the tools to manage all of challenges life throws at you - both inside and outside of the classroom

Higher Education

Get the tools to manage all of challenges life throws at you - both inside and outside of the classroom

Gareth Olivier, Issued by Milpark Education 23 Aug 2022

'Attached to the Soil' photography exhibit presented by NWU Gallery and Vinco

Exhibitions

'Attached to the Soil' photography exhibit presented by NWU Gallery and Vinco

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 11 Aug 2022

Anthony Laing, GM of networking at NEC XON

Technology

Network upgrade gives academia more speed

20 Jul 2022

Environmentally sustainable silage practices now critical to agriculture

Agribusiness

Environmentally sustainable silage practices now critical to agriculture

19 Jul 2022

Source: REUTERS. Vuhlari Mtonga, one of the South African medical students who fled Ukraine, is embraced by her sister, Mikateko Mtonga, after arriving at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg in March 2022.

Trends

SA medical students flee Ukraine - not too long ago it was Cuba, remember?

Collette Marais 1 Jun 2022

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Call for future engineers and scientists - Sasol Bursary Programme open for entry

6 May 2022

10 SA universities get R1.55bn philanthropic funding

CSI & Philanthropy

10 SA universities get R1.55bn philanthropic funding

7 Apr 2022

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

ICT

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

24 Jan 2022