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/ 4 December 2009
South African graduates do not have the competence in spoken and written English or the oral presentation skills required by employers.
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/ 4 December 2009
The Department of Basic Education was back peddling this week following a groundswell of opposition against a “fundamentally flawed” tender.
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/ 13 November 2009
The problem with South African education is less about mother-tongue tuition than the quality of teaching.
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/ 16 October 2009
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has read the riot act to more than 100 of her top officials, warning them that none of them can take their jobs for granted.
Number 887 Botha Street in Hermanstad appears to be just another house in the west of Pretoria.
South Africa’s unique fynbos vegetation could be threatened if canola is introduced as a source of biofuel.
Cornia Pretorius reports on problems at the National Research Foundation.
Free education for poor university students moved sharply up the government’s priorities this week with the announcement of a ministerial committee to advise Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande on how to provide it.
Education minister has also called on government
to assist in finalising university mergers.
Calie Pistorius literally grew up on the lawns of the 100-year-old institution where his father was a deputy vice-chancellor.