A R5 million national prize pool is being offered to help scale South African clean-tech ventures globally as the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and its partners launch the Gauteng instalment of the National CleanTech Innovation Challenge (NCIC) 2026, focused on smart mobility.
Ohio State President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. resigned on Monday after disclosing “an inappropriate relationship” with a woman seeking public resources for her private business.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education said on Sunday it could not currently approve applications under the Incentivised Early Retirement Programme and Voluntary Exit Programme because it lacked the financial capacity to absorb related costs from its existing baseline budget.
South Africa’s persistent skills shortage and high number of young people not in employment, education, or training remain a major obstacle to economic growth, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Nomusa Dube-Ncube said on Monday.
The Vodacom Foundation, supported by the Gauteng Department of Education, has invested R2 million in the School of Excellence model at Usizolwethu Special Needs School in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, to strengthen digital learning for pupils with intellectual disabilities.
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Nomusa Dube-Ncube says South Africa must urgently strengthen its artisan and vocational skills pipeline to support infrastructure development and economic growth, as the country pushes to produce 30,000 artisans annually by 2030.
A 62-year-old Eastern Cape school principal has been summoned to court by the Hawks on allegations of fraud and perjury linked to a Road Accident Fund (RAF) claim worth about R2.9 million.
