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Nearly 36 000 Grade 12 learners in the North West are receiving additional tuition and examination preparation through the provincial education department’s winter camp programme ahead of the 2026 National Senior Certificate examinations.
University of KwaZulu-Natal alumnus Dr Sizwe Zungu will run a 161km ultra-marathon in the Eastern Cape to raise R100,000 for financially challenged medical students.
Cassim said he had been informed that NSFAS transferred funds to the university on 2 July, despite receiving student registration data at the end of March and an updated file in April. He questioned why the process had taken so long.
The centre, inaugurated in January 2007, serves as UNISA's regional hub in Ethiopia and reflects the university's commitment to expanding access to quality higher education beyond South Africa's borders.
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Nomalungelo Gina on Saturday launched South Africa’s inaugural National Science Month, calling for science, technology and innovation to be placed at the centre of the country’s development agenda.
A cohort of 16 South African medical doctors graduated in the Eastern Cape on Friday through the Nelson Mandela/Fidel Castro Medical Programme, as government marked 30 years of a scheme aimed at strengthening healthcare in rural and underserved communities.
South Africa needs more agricultural economists to help tackle food security, rural development, trade, climate change and job creation, the Department of Agriculture said at a student symposium in Pretoria on Friday.
Africa Skills Training and Management Services has bought Telkom’s former learning campus in Olifantsfontein, Gauteng, with plans to redevelop the site into one of the country’s largest artisan training hubs.
The Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA) has extended the closing date for its 2026/2027 Discretionary Grant Funding Window by two weeks, giving stakeholders more time to submit applications after amendments to grant guidelines were approved.
The High Court in Bloemfontein, sitting in Botshabelo, has sentenced four people, including the wife and brother-in-law of slain teacher Fezile Mnyobisi, for his premeditated murder.
