The gross domestic expenditure on research and development (Gerd) in South Africa has gone up in real terms for the first time in four years, driven strongly by ...
Council offers to drop charges with ‘sweetheart’ deal.
The individual results of the Class of 2022 – the largest cohort of matric pupils to date in South Africa – will be released at examination centres on Friday, January ...
Looking back, 2022 was a challenging year for education in South Africa and the continent.
It’s not acceptable when more than 900 global citizens descend on our doorstep to celebrate innovation; our country subjects them to load shedding.
Dealing with diversity and inclusivity remains a significant challenge throughout the racist planet. And the leadership of private schools is contributing to the ...
In the tertiary sector, out of 26 vice-chancellors in South Africa, seven are women. In Kenya, six out of 29 public universities are led by women.
One hopes that schoolchildren and small business operators get the message about the wonders of a more inclusive digital Africa.
Ethiopia is bucking the trend in its quest to stamp out cheating during the final exams for Grade 12 pupils.
Far from being a bully, embattled University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng was wrongly accused by the “overly sensitive” husband of an ...
UN will be driven by a determination to mobilise people on the African continent “because Africa suffers more than any other continent”. While the role of the rector ...
Microsoft has kicked off its partnership with the Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority and skills organisation Afrika Tikkun to provide online ...
A R600-billion bonanza awaits, but some obstacles and a strident disinformation campaign aimed at China must be overcome, writes Edwin Naidu.
The media in any country has a key role, and the extent to which the media is unfettered is symptomatic of how free a country is, according to former president of ...
The Sunday Independent used LinkedIn and Whatsapp to interview women in media throughout Africa. Here is what they said.
Pay cuts, heath fears and the poor quality of internet connections female journalists across Africa sketch a gloomy picture of working under challenging conditions. ...
Tertiary institutions must rethink the way they do things, students must be taught to harness the best of artificial-intelligence technology for harnessing good. ...
Twenty years after the final TRC report, the government is considering reopening the lists for victims who have not shared their apartheid-era abuses.
Aldrin mentored journalists, actors, and comedians and enjoyed working with youngsters with potential in communities throughout the country.
An internet and cellphone-based game for school children aimed at encouraging pupils to save electricity has been hailed by internet guru Arthur Goldstuck as a visionary ...
A black spectator, who happens to be the chairman of the East Rand Rugby Club, has been abused and beaten up in front of his wife and children at Bosman Stadium. ...
Bafana Bafana's coach-in-waiting Carlos Alberto Parreira will bank R1,8-million a month, but his pay slip will show a monthly salary of R3-million.
South African viewers will join billions around the world in front of television sets when the 2006 World Cup kicks off in Germany - and mobile cellular operators ...
Rugby is heading for more turmoil as Brian van Rooyen, the embattled president of the South African Rugby Union, faces the prospect of a revolt by rugby unions, ...
Sir David King - the chief scientific adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair - has warned that sports utility vehicles and 4x4s are helping to accelerate global ...