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 | According to the Department of Higher Education and Training, literacy is and always will be a topic of conversation in South Africa, where 3.7 million people are illiterate... read |
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 | ISSUED BY STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE CENTRE This week, Mother Language Day was celebrated internationally on 21 February: A day dedicated to the language in which our very first thoughts were verbalised. We're so different, but this is something that we all share...read |
|  | | The intended use of Web 3 technologies and investment in data science is redefining the future landscape of entrepreneur education in SA...read |
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 | ISSUED BY NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (NWU) Language continues to be a barrier to access and success for many students at South African higher education institutions... Read |
 | ISSUED BY UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA The ice-free areas of Antarctica were initially thought to be devoid of life, but with the advent of modern genetic technologies, scientists now know that microorganisms have adapted to living in this extreme environment... Read |
 | One hundred and six youth from the Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces have successfully completed the Tourism Monitors Training Programme... Read |
 | Prof Pamela Dube was officially inaugurated into office as the newly appointed vice-chancellor and principal for the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT)... Read |
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 | Hollywood actor and comedian, Kevin Hart, who is currently in South Africa for the world premiere of his Amazon film Die Hart the Movie as well as his "Reality Check" stand-up comedy tour, took time out to visit Orange Farm's Masibambane College as a guest of Education Africa... Read |
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 | The 2023 online Film Impact Screening Facilitation course, from 1 June to 8 December 2023, is open for entries... Read |
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 | HUMPHREY MALALO AND AYENAT MERSIE Facebook parent company Meta has filed an appeal in Kenya challenging a ruling that said the company could be sued in the East African country even though it has no official presence there... Read |
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 | DHEVARSHA RAMJETTAN New National Minimum Wage hourly rates, effective 1 March 2023, will have a significant impact on labour-intensive industries... Read |
 | BRETT ABRAHAM & MEHNAAZ BUX From 1 March 2023, the earnings threshold will increase to R241,110.59, entitling employees falling below the new threshold to stricter protections in terms of labour legislation... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS If everything stays exactly the same, the electricity crisis will get significantly worse in 5-10 years' time, says the CSIR's Warrick Pierce... Read |
 | Eskom has appointed Calib Cassim as its interim chief executive following Andre de Ruyter's departure... Read |
 | This will see government forego R4bn in revenue... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON The Eskom debt relief, amounting to R254bn, requires a step change in public debt which will result in government debt stabilising at 73.6% of GDP in 2025/26... Read |
 | Godongwana said the tax incentive available for businesses would be temporarily expanded to encourage rapid private investment... Read |
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