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Social Development Minister Dina Pule told a Children’s Summit in White River that children must be directly involved in shaping policies and recommendations aimed at protecting them from abuse.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has been named to TIME magazine’s TIME100 Next list for 2026, joining 100 emerging leaders the publication says are the world’s most influential rising stars.
South Africa must move beyond Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy design, development and debate to implementation to address challenges including youth unemployment.
South Africa’s education institutions should stop treating artificial intelligence as something students need to be protected from and instead embrace it as the next major shift in how people learn, solve problems and prepare for work.
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is grappling with how to assess students in an artificial intelligence era where a completed assignment may no longer prove that a student has actually learnt the material.
The National Skills Fund (NSF) has come under intense parliamentary scrutiny over unpaid stipends, accommodation problems and disruptions to the training of hundreds of young people transferred to the Denel Training Academy programme.
Former National Youth Development Agency CEO Waseem Carrim has been approved by Cabinet for permanent appointment as chief executive of the Road Accident Fund.
Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli told reporters on Wednesday that of these opportunities, 106,093 were secured through SA Youth, while a further 33,600 earning and learning opportunities were secured through Employment Services South Africa (ESSA).
Wits University is investing R341 million in a new cultural precinct in Braamfontein as part of efforts to open its arts and cultural facilities to the wider Johannesburg community.
