Despite being deaf, four young girls have settled in well at a Johannesburg former Model C school. Roshila Pillay reports Bibi Tilly, Nyeleti Nkwinika, Mpho Dlukulu and Lerato Ka Mncube enrolled at Parktown High School for Girls so they could obtain results that would ensure university entrance. The four have been welcomed at the school […]
The campaign to get South Africans reading kicked off last month with, among other materials, a colourful poster featuring school children, a lawyer, a newspaper vendor, a taxi full of passengers – and men and women from a variety of backgrounds. The poster captures a bus whizzing past with “HIV/Aids Be Wise Condomise” emblazoned on […]
When George Woods gets home in the evenings, he immerses himself in his master of business administration (MBA) studies. When the Council on Higher Education (CHE) released the results of its MBA accreditation survey last week, the BSN was not accredited. But Students and institutions have decided to push on despite Council on Higher Education discrediting their MBAs.
Legal steps have followed North West University’s controversial appointment of its new vice-chancellor last week. These come in the midst of an already troubled merger process. The new institution came into being on January 1 following the merger of the former Potchefstroom and North West universities.
Professor Margaret Orr’s case against Unisa goes before the Labour Court on Monday with a claim for R720 000 in damages and a public apology. Orr’s claims against Unisa include constructive dismissal, unfair discrimination and harassment and automatically unfair dismissal.
These pensioners will have to reapply for their grants, a process that could take months.