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Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has welcomed the launch of the Charlotte Maxeke Educational Fund, saying it should help keep young women in higher education, particularly those pursuing science-related studies.
Stronger partnerships with business, civil society and development organisations are needed to ensure menstruation does not prevent girls from attending school or participating fully in education.
The University of Fort Hare has defended its decision to deregister Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane from a master's degree programme, arguing that he did not meet the admission requirements and that the institution had the authority to remove him from the programme.
Student mental health has become one of the defining challenges facing universities worldwide. In South Africa, these concerns are often framed around reports which point to anxiety, burnout and academic pressure.
The real challenge is moving beyond the hype to provide schools with practical clarity, consistency, and implementation frameworks that let them use these technologies effectively and responsibly.
The Department of Higher Education and Training has granted a final extension for the enrolment and completion of selected pre-2009 qualifications, trades, and regulatory unit standards as South Africa moves to complete the transition to a modern occupational qualifications system.
Tributes have poured in for the vice-chancellor and principal of Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU), Professor Tandi Matsha-Erasmus, following her death this week, with Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela describing her passing as a significant loss to South Africa's higher education sector.
Two University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) students have won silver medals at the International University Sports Federation World University Championship Combat Games in Brazil, becoming the first South African team to achieve the feat at the tournament.
About 800 learners in Mangaung have been profiled as potential gang members as the Free State Department of Education intensifies efforts to curb gangsterism in schools.
Msibi, a professor of Curriculum Studies in UKZN’s School of Education, previously served as a member of the Umalusi Council. He now assumes the council’s highest leadership position.
