The education department’s R5,9billion recapitalisation of the higher education sector comes in the wake of a realisation that "you cannot expect to produce students of the 21st century with 20th-century equipment," according to Dr Molapo Qhobela, deputy director general of higher education.
Mmamosadi Monareng, Thamsanqa Makhathini and Colin van Tooren are category winners in the annual Aggrey Klaaste Mathematics, Science and Technology Educator of the Year Awards. Their hard work and dedication has won them each 20 computers for the schools they serve.
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/ 7 February 2007
Pretoria-based electrical engineer Nhlanhla Maphalala loves Bergville, where he grew up, to such an extent that he is spending much of his free time and own money on career awareness expos for learners.
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/ 7 February 2007
Radhika Patel* wanted to become a lawyer, so she studied towards a BA degree in legal studies and psychology. After assisting a colleague who was studying law, she found that law "was too mundane and not as glamourous as depicted on TV".