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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.

The UFS study was not intended as medical advice, he said.

It’s getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt.

He told alumni that their responsibility to their institutions did not end at graduation.

The deputy minister said young women, persons with disabilities and people living in rural areas are the most excluded when it comes to tourism transformation.

The project was originally announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 2020 State of the Nation Address.

The Hawks said the principal faces charges linked to allegedly contradictory claims submitted after a motor vehicle accident in 2017.

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has released findings from a two-year investigation into corruption risks and weaknesses within the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) student accommodation programme.

The DHET has acknowledged the important role foreign academics play in addressing STEM shortages.