- 16 Jan 2013 13:52 - Sapa
- The Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College has been closed indefinitely because of student protests, the Gauteng department of health said.
- 10 Aug 2012 11:17 - Nico Cloete & John Butler-Adam
- Ill-conceived, fanciful proposals will not improve South Africa's education system.
- 01 Jun 2012 07:37 - Victoria John
- Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has plans to turn students and lecturers nationwide into information technology "natives".
- 31 May 2012 11:01 - Bongani Nkosi
- Violent demonstrations are sweeping through the country's FET campuses as students protest against bad management.
- 23 Apr 2012 17:52 - David Macfarlane
- Parliament's discussion about the financing of SA's universities and skills development sector begs the question: What is at stake? The answer: A lot.
- 16 Mar 2012 10:11 - Hellen Ntlatleng
- Blade Nzimande is correct to highlight the sector as crucial for the country's development agenda.
- 10 Feb 2012 09:39 - Malcolm Birkin
- Until South Africa gets this crucial aspect right, it cannot compete successfully in the global arena.
- 03 Feb 2012 18:02 - Staff Reporter
- If we were able to rise to the occasion of football's greatest spectacle, surely we should be able to focus the same energy in improving education.
- 20 Jan 2012 12:21 - Bongani Nkosi
- Improved curricula and better-qualified lecturers are needed to ramp up standards and perceptions of FET colleges.
- 20 Jan 2012 09:29 - Staff Reporter
- Education minister's proposals will achieve nothing in our neoliberal environment.
- 13 Jan 2012 13:58 - Joseph Sengooba
- Prospective students need to know how and why FET colleges increase their chances of employment and self-sustainability.
- 13 Jan 2012 12:31 - David Macfarlane
- Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande's new policy document offers an unflinchingly thorough analysis of SA's training needs, but is it enough?
- 13 Jan 2012 12:12 - Victoria John
- Experts question the proposal of a new application system for universities and the touting of FET colleges as a viable alternative to universities.
- 13 Jan 2012 11:46 - Faranaaz Parker
- FET colleges need vast improvements if they are going to compete with universities, experts say.
- 20 Dec 2011 11:20 - Charlotte Mbali
- Are FET colleges and Setas up to the roles the national development plan asks of them, asks Charlotte Mbali.
- 29 Nov 2011 14:34 - Meggan Saville
- Tackling corruption, accountability and accessibility would improve the public's "generally negative" perception of Setas.
- 09 Sep 2011 11:53 - Staff Reporter
- Again, students will bear the brunt of changes that have not been properly considered.
- 06 Jun 2011 13:00 - Staff Reporter
- One of the biggest gripes of business in the employment-equity and skills debate is the fact that there are not enough properly qualified people.
- 03 Jun 2011 00:00 - Junita Kloppers-Lourens
- The government has high hopes for free tertiary education, but are they realistic asks Junita Kloppers-Lourens.
- 12 May 2011 10:20 - Jim Freeman
- Vocational training suffers from an image problem, but the stereotype that only a university education leads to success simply has to be changed.
