Special Report
Getting Ahead August 2009

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Blood knowledge

Reparations and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa form the central focus of a ground-breaking new study of educational transformation

The masters of psychology

South African organisations suffer from a severe shortage of critical skills and the retention of talented individuals is a major challenge.

Sharpen that Blade

Blade Nzimande's portfolio is a very comprehensive and complex one. Not only public institutions but also private institutions need to be considered h

Entrepreneurial times

Local and global economic conditions have reinforced the critical importance of effective leadership in South African companies.

A good choice for creative thinkers

Industrial engineering is the perfect career for those who enjoy solving practical problems in a wide variety of working environments.

Prevention is the new cure

Postgraduate public health programme shifts thinking towards a primary healthcare-based system.

Crunch or boom for MBAs?

Five leading business schools tell the Mail & Guardian how their programmes are responding to the global economic crisis

Banking on Islamic principles

Sharia-compliant finance is fast-growing and business schools in the UK are rushing to cash in,

Still in the shadow of the past

Mokubung Nkomo reviews a book that considers the achievements, challenges and contradictions of educational transformation

Ivy League's 'touch with life'

Harvard University has moved towards shrugging off its fusty, strait-laced image by endowing the US's first named professorship of sexuality.