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Overcoming the skills scarcity requires the expertise of the MSP

Skills are a rare resource that can be found within the talented depths of a trusted Managed Services Provider

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SA must up its skills in wooing skilled migrants ― report

South Africa’s job opportunities, established education system and modern technology attract skilled immigrants to the country, the report noted

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Ramaphosa: Eskom must employ on merit, ‘not skin colour’

Power utility Eskom is racing to recruit as many skilled people as possible, regardless of their skin colour, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said.

Blade’s budget blues: Universities to bear the brunt

Nzimande critical of short courses

Higher education minister Blade Nzimande said the government has invested a lot of its skills levy fund on short courses of "dubious value".

Most graduate professionals ‘confident about SA’

The majority of graduate professionals are confident about remaining in South Africa, with an average confidence level of 84% being recorded.

Professionals needed for the renewal of financial services

A shortage of professionals in the local financial services sector almost guarantees that SA will sluggish economic recovery in 2011.

Survey highlights skills shortage in finance sector

There is a growing shortage of skills in the financial-services sector, a survey released in Johannesburg on Tuesday shows.

Call for more engineers in SA

SA has had to go on a massive drive to lure engineering professionals due to the skills shortage in the country, the ECSA said on Friday.

Infrastructure sector faces skills shortage

More needs to be done to stop a skills shortage from jeopardising crucial infrastructure projects, a survey has found.

New report sheds light on black employment

The decrease in black people in top and senior management positions is not a result of a skills shortage, says Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana.

Another year, another schools minister

Can the Eastern Cape’s new Education Minister, Mahlubandile Qwase, ease the province’s chronic educational woes before next year’s election?

Union voices concern over skills shortage at SAA

A skills shortage in the SAA technical division could cause problems in retaining US approval to operate on its routes, Solidarity warned on Monday.