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Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has secured commitments from private-sector leaders to partner with government in expanding workplace-linked training.
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has said that schools will start receiving delayed subsidy payments from the beginning of June, after missing the May deadline for the first tranche of funding.
A University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) pilot study has found that direct cash support improved medication adherence and quality of life among unemployed young adults recently diagnosed with psychosis.
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has agreed to reconvene its meeting with Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela over his decision to place the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) under administration.
The Hawks have re-arrested a 29-year-old suspect, Luthuli Sihle, linked to an alleged university admission fraud and corruption scheme at Walter Sisulu University.
About 100 students at the University of the Western Cape marched on Thursday over poor residence conditions, as demonstrations unfolded during the institution’s mid-year examination period.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has rejected claims that it has been placed under administration, dismissing online reports of such as “false and misleading”.
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has recommended that Minister Buti Manamela be brought before it, by summons if necessary, after a scheduled briefing on the crisis at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) collapsed over the department’s failure to submit its presentation on time.
The South African Union of Students (SAUS) has accused the National Student Financial Aid Scheme of pushing thousands of students into hunger, uncertainty and possible eviction after freezing allowances for more than 12,000 beneficiaries while the scheme is under administration.
Gauteng education MEC Lebogang Maile has officially launched the "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child" Thuto-Pele - Education First community outreach programme.
