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/ 9 November 2010
<i>M&G</i> readers share their thoughts on pornography, Blade Nzimande, dog-fighting and Zwelinzima Vavi.
Alliance partners in the ANC, SACP and Cosatu brushed aside any suggestions of a split at a meeting in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday.
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/ 29 October 2010
Ranjeni Munusamy is out. The long-time ally of Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande will leave the department by this weekend.
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/ 25 October 2010
"In the most significant Media Freedom Week since 1994, the South African media is caught in a moral dilemma," writes <b>Rapule Tabane</b>
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/ 22 October 2010
African languages are being neglected in education, as English is still dominant, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Friday.
Soon after the loss of director general Mary Metcalfe, key aide Ranjeni Munusamy quits Blade Nzimande’s department of higher education.
Higher education and training department Director General Mary Metcalfe is to leave the department.
Government is sweeping under the carpet the core reasons for dysfunctional schooling.
Ari Sitas will head a government initiative "to rejuvenate and strengthen the social sciences and humanities", it was announced on Wednesday.
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/ 28 September 2010
Print media in SA was a threat to democracy, South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said in a report published on Tuesday.
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/ 27 September 2010
A seminar of students over the weekend showed massive support for proposals calling for graduates to perform community service.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> spoke to Blade Nzimande, the SACP general secretary, during the ANC conference.
<i>M&G</i> political editor <b>Rapule Tabane</b> predicts who the key players will be at the African National Congress national general council (NGC).
After global rankings last week put only one SA university in its top 200 — UCT — a second set of rankings this week also singled out UCT.
A lot of "dirty money" was doing the rounds in the ANC, South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Thursday.
"I want to declare now the end of the season of summits," said Blade Nzimande in his closing address on Friday to the skills summit in Gauteng.
The training institutions have agreed to stop fighting over funds and look for solutions, writes <b>Jim Freeman</b>.
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/ 10 September 2010
Labour and business must unite to meet the country’s human resource development imperatives, said Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday.
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/ 9 September 2010
It is "bizarre" to call for the scrapping of Setas, said Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande on Thursday.
South Africa is the most unequal society in the world — but equipping youth with skills will make the difference writes <b>Blade Nzimande</b>.
Major task ahead to resurrect the struggling Further Education and Training sector, writes <b>Jim Freeman</b>.
South Africa stands on the brink of a youth uprising that will rival anything experienced in the days of apartheid, writes <b>Jim Freeman</b>.
The SACP will participate in the ANC national general council (NGC) in order to help strengthen the leadership and unity of the ANC and the alliance.
South Africa’s media posed a threat to democracy, South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said in a media report on Monday.
Transformation is a long-term process, but we need to bite the bullet now, Nzimande tells delegates. Janis Kinnear reports.
Corruption is theft from the poor, South African Communist Party secretary general Blade Nzimande said on Monday.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday implored leaders from all walks of life to be the first in line for a massive HIV testing programme.
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has to date recovered just over a quarter of the R12-billion it has loaned to poor student.
The African National Congress and the South African Communist Party will meet for bilateral talks on Thursday, amid rising tensions with the alliance.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) called on Sunday for a review of the process under which government contracts are awarded.
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/ 26 January 2010
SACP leader Blade Nzimande has been challenged by AfriForum to tell the public whether he associates himself with the statements of the YCL.
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/ 18 December 2009
Constitutional amendments will strengthen the South African Communist Party’s management positions.