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Student winemakers are aiming high
THAT two of the three recipients of this year’s Cape Winemakers Guild bursaries for oenology and viticulture students at Stellenbosch University are women is a great thing for “team ladies”, says Tsholofelo Segone (who is one of them).
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Student accommodation specialist to invest US$300mn in Africa
Student accommodation specialist, Aengus Investment Properties is expanding into Botswana, Kenya, Zambia, Lesotho, Ghana and Uganda by investing US$300million in the next five years as demand for safe, affordable, modern student accommodation takes off.
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NYDA wants a drug free South Africa
As the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) the fight against drug and alcohol will be intensified with this year’s Youth month theme focussed on curbing drug and alcohol abuse. A special emphasis on Youth Day commemoration on 16 June which will take place in Newcastle, KwaZulu Natal under the theme, Working Together for Youth Development…
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UKZN varsity makes Zulu compulsory
Durban – School leavers applying to study at the University of KwaZulu-Natal will be required to register for a compulsory course in Zulu from next year, in a first for the South African higher-education sector.
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Young Neuroscientists to Present their Research in Morocco
Two students from the College of Health Sciences (CHS) will present their masters research at the 11th Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association (SONA) International Conference which will be held this month in Rabat, Morocco.
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UJ students and Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation give back to community
Young people who are about to make the transition from high school and tertiary institutions need role models. Undergraduate students at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) are taking a stand to provide academic support to high school learners in Soweto.
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University of Johannesburg's art students win INDIAFRICA poster design competition
On Friday, 17 May 2013 the winners of the 2nd INDIAFRICA Poster Design Competition were announced at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), University of Johannesburg (UJ).
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Whose responsibility is career development?
Employee development planning is widely considered a vital part of business survival strategies. But whose responsibility is a career plan for development, the individual, the manager, or both?
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UCT Alumni awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships
UCT graduates Nicholas Rice and Alice Meyer have been awarded 2013 Gates Cambridge Scholarships – considered one of the world’s most prestigious scholarships.
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Working Towards the Development of a new Degree in Recreational Therapy
UKZN’s School of Health Sciences is in the process of developing the curriculum for a new degree in Recreational Therapy – a first of its kind in South Africa, which will be offered by its Discipline of Biokinetics, Exercise and Leisure Sciences (BELS).
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