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Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has launched South Africa’s Read Aloud Month by unveiling the official World Read Aloud Day story for 2026, “A New Friend”, produced for the first time in South African Sign Language alongside versions in all 12 official languages.
North West Education MEC Ntsetsao Viola on Tuesday encouraged learners from rural communities to take up Science, Technology, Engineering, Accounting and Mathematics (STEAM) subjects, saying the stream helps drive economic growth and shape young people’s futures.
The deputy minister of Higher Education and Training, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, on Tuesday officially launched a Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) laboratory at Letaba TVET College’s Tzaneen Campus, saying it was a critical investment in shaping South Africa’s future skills pipeline and tackling unemployment.
Visits are aligned with the group's civic education programme, which places young people at the centre of social, economic, and political transformation.
The lab’s success will depend on collective ownership, responsible use and protecting and maintaining the facility so that it benefits future generations.
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is preparing a sector-wide workshop on international relations as it moves to finalise an international relations strategy meant to better align global academic partnerships with national skills needs and research priorities, deputy minister Nomusa Dube-Ncube said on Sunday.
South Africa has quelled speculation that it is preparing to host the 2026 TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), insisting that no decision has been taken to relocate the tournament and that Morocco remains the official host.
