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Schools And Education Departments Should Embrace Tablets
Affordable alternatives exist to take learning to the next level and the remarkable mainstream success of mobile devices – specifically tablets – opens up immense opportunities in education. If embraced by schools, they can overcome the expense and impracticality of desktop-bound computer hardware, lessen the premium on software and significantly raise the value of technology-aided [...]
Mandela Day the Christel House way
Would you like to give to your community, but you’re just not sure how? On 18 July, the day officially known as Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela day), each and every citizen has the opportunity and responsibility to give back in some way. Christel House South Africa (CHSA), a school in Ottery, Cape Town [...]
International Companies Investing In South African Education
“South Africans are educated people”. When such a statement is made it becomes quite controversial. The bad state of education in South Africa is often a topic of discussion in the media, with the low levels of literacy and the skills shortage being bones of contention. South Africa ranks 58th out of 183 countries on [...]
Book Review: The VAT Handbook, Geoff Hull & Clive Gibson
New to VAT? This book is a perfect “Dummies guide” to the VAT system in South Africa. Whether you are a financial novice or experienced bookkeeper it is worthwhile having a copy of this on your desk. “The VAT Handbook”, by Geoff Hull and Clive Gibson, starts by explaining the administration side of VAT; how [...]
New Programme Exposes SA Youth To Entrepreneurship
A new entrepreneurship programme has been launched in the Western Cape to introduce South African youngsters to the skills and knowledge associated with entrepreneurship. Alexander McLeod, founding Trustee of The School Entrepreneurship Trust, has developed an independent School Entrepreneurship Programme that he hopes will expose many school learners to entrepreneurship. The Water Berry Entrepreneurship Programme [...]
The Necessity Of Promoting And Supporting Youth Entrepreneurship
The World Bank estimates that, by 2015, 3 billion people worldwide will be under the age of 25. The world’s ability to meet challenges associated with the 21st Century will be greatly affected by the quality and level of their education and employment. They are considered to be almost three times as likely to be [...]
Digitisation Of SA Schooling System Could Prove Beneficial For Learners
More and more South Africans are downloading eBooks and steering away from purchasing physical books. Over 3000 eReaders were sold on kalahari.com this festive season and the online retailing giant experienced a 100% increase on the sale of eBooks for the same period. “South Africans appetite and aptitude for eContent is growing. In this information [...]
Getting Your Head Around The Employment Equity Plan
South Africa faces many challenges regarding inequality, namely; poverty, education, health care, unemployment, housing, gender issues and so on. Employment equity aims to promote fairness and to ensure that past actions responsible for such inequalities are dealt with. It was for this reason that the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998 (“the Act”), was [...]
Open Day To Introduce Business Programme For Under-Qualified Managers
Are you an aspiring business leader? Here’s your chance to learn more about bridging educational opportunities at the UCT Graduate School of Business on 26 January. An open day held at the UCT Graduate School of Business’ Executive Hall will introduce the Associate in Management Programme (AIM). The Associate in Management Programme is aimed at [...]
UCT Graduate School of Business Rated Top In Africa, Again
South Africa is making its mark on business education internationally, with the UCT Graduate School of Business being rated as the best in Africa and the Middle East, with two other South African universities in the top five. In the latest QS Global 200 Business Schools Report, which rates schools from around the world based [...]
