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People Are Key To Unlocking SA’s Potential, Says Thabo Mbeki Unveiling...
Riyaz Patel
Thabo Mbeki and Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga are studying a report into education and...
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Two More Schools Of Specialisation With A Focus On High Tech...
The launch of St Barnabas and UJ Metropolitan Mathematics specialist Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) schools is set to ignite a...
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Female CSIR Researchers Break New Ground
Female researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), working in additive manufacturing and stem cell reprogramming, have announced some...
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‘Technology Doesn’t Wait For You’ – Gauteng Finance MEC Urges Women...
A seminar to discuss the impact of digital transformation and challenges faced by women in the ICT sector has heard that only...
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Gauteng Education MEC Lesufi Launches Specialist Engineering School In Katlehong
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi today launched the Katlehong Engineering School of Specialisation which will focus on manufacturing, transport and logistics.
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Coding In South African Schools: What Needs To Happen To Make...
Ulrike Rivett, University of Cape Town
South Africa is training a group of teachers to learn how to code...
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NYDA Records 5th Consecutive Clean Audit
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has chalked up its fifth consecutive clean audit as pronounced by Auditor General Kimi Makwetu.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution Risks Leaving Women Behind
Rachel Adams, Human Sciences Research Council
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is, ostensibly, upon us. The term was coined in...
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Nzimande Launches National Science Week In Kimberly
Science and Technology Minister has officially launched National Science Week (NSW 29 July-3 August), an annual event aiming to exhibit and communicate...
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School Safety Is Premier’s Priority – Makhura at SOPA 2019
Gauteng Premier David Makhura has ordered Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi to produce annual primary school results, adding that school safety is a priority for his office.
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Education must bridge that gap to stay in step for changes...
Energy, infrastructure and education are three critical factors that will determine whether a country’s people benefit from the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). These factors...
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Google has opened its first Africa Artificial Intelligence lab in Ghana
A rural farmer in Tanzania hovers over a wilting cassava plant with her phone. In seconds she gets a diagnosis of the disease affecting...
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South African schools will soon get these 8 new subjects –...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has already trained 43,774 teachers in computer skills and will shortly begin training teachers for the new coding...
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Top 10 strategic technologies impacting higher education in 2019
Gartner, Inc. has identified the top 10 strategic technologies impacting higher education in 2019.
Gartner highlighted the technologies that higher education CIOs should have on...
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Sifiso Skenjana: An SA education strategy for the fourth industrial revolution
The fourth industrial revolution is a reminder that "traditional" models of doing business will soon cease to exist, and business and policymakers must respond...
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Crawford Schools owner Advtech sees big push in tertiary education
JSE-listed private education group AdvTech on Monday reported an 11% rise in revenue for the year ended December 2018, lifted by its tertiary and...
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Digital education boost for South Africa’s poorest pupils
In a boost for South Africa’s ailing education system, business heavyweights are backing a plan to place a fully resourced e-learning tablet in the...
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SA pioneers ‘unhackable’ tablets for schools
Up to 20,000 pupils from no-fee schools in the Free State are expected to receive “unhackable” tablets by the end of 2019 – thanks...
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Big changes are coming to Gauteng schools
The Gauteng Department of Education is on track to release new feeder zone regulations for the 2020 school year.
This is according to Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza...
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Student’s 3D-printer plan to change education
Experts have spoken of the need for a new kind of learning, of future-proofing children and of the benefits of design thinking. You’ve probably heard about...