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Africa’s Girl Child Dialogues Webinar Conference

Exploring career opportunities in the media industry – Friday 11 October 2024

Charmaine Mabuza, ITHUBA CEO.
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Transforming lives: The impact of quality education in South Africa

Since 1999, ITHUBA’s Scholarship programme has supported more than 300 young South Africans in pursuing tertiary education

Dingaan Moropane, Acting Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning at The Independent Institute of Education’s Rosebank College.

Mid-year exams and their critical role in shaping matric success and uni prospects

High marks in these exams can significantly enhance a student’s application

Mandilakhe Lungile is a TSIBA BBA graduate who now works as an administrator at Intembeko Investment.

TSIBA graduates making huge strides in the business world 

The business school is a community where dreams are realised and careers are launched

unemployment among South Africans with advanced qualifications is rapidly rising, leading to an eroding unemployment gap between this category and other categories.  (John McCann/M&G)

Perverse incentives for universities are wasting the skills and work of postdoctoral fellows

Decision-makers appear to be outsourcing core work to an insecure academic workforce who don’t necessarily receive recognition or permanent employment

Former president Jacob Zuma flanked by Sanco treasurer Roy Moodley and its then president Richard Mdakane arrive at a Sanco rally in Durban in 2014. Moodley is contesting to be Sanco’s president. (Thuli Dlamini/Sowetan/Gallo Images)

‘Rhodes did not buy our silence’

Students find their Rhodes scholarship best way to protest racist legacy.

Embrace Rhodes’s statue, it’s a reminder of the past and of hope

The best way to atone for his privilege is to use what he has left behind and direct it towards something that would make him turn in his grave.

Bridging the gap: Thamsanga Khumalo

Rich life rough on kasi trailblazers

Those talented enough to make it to KwaZulu’s top cricketing schools face enormous language, cultural and academic challenges.

Sierra Leone city offers ‘virgin scholarships’

A Sierra Leone city’s plan to give scholarships to girls who keep their virginity until they finish university has run into trouble.

Awards for grade 6 learners

SSP is awarding scholarships for the finest high school education to academically distinguished Grade 6 learners from low income backgrounds.

A decade of success

A pioneering initiative to enable learners from poor backgrounds to attend South Africa’s top schools celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.

Scholarships to top schools

In recent years, many ambitious and talented professionals have been awarded scholarships by visiting the QS World MBA and Grad School Fairs.

‘What hope is there for the future?’

In May the US state department told seven Fulbright scholars from Gaza their scholarships were cancelled.