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Struggling to find financial aid? Can’t seem to find a bursary or scholarship? Well, why not consider a loan. Financial institutions are able to provide you with two kinds of loans to help solve you tuition problem. The First is a personal loan.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is a Government agency that administers funds to assist South African students to pay for their tertiary studies. We offer loans and bursaries for first undergraduate degrees at South African public Universities and Universities of Technology, as well as bursaries for the National Certificate (Vocational) at public Further…

Through the Thutong Portal, the South African Department of Basic Education aims to lead the drive to improve learning in the country through appropriate use of technology.

Rhodes University’s Professor Tebello Nyokong, has won the Africa-Arab State 2009 L’Oréal-Unesco Award for Women in Science for her pioneering research into photodynamic therapy which looks at harnessing light for cancer therapy and environmental clean-up. Nyokong is the third South African Scientist to receive this award, and reaffirms Rhodes’s place as one of the top…

Transnet Limited, the state owned freight transport and logistics service provider has made a R5 million donation to the Rhodes University Library extension project. This is an important part of its drive to boost mathematics and science education in South Africa.

Our judges have selected the 15 finalists for 2012 Future Stars competition.

The problem with writing is that there is always room for improvement. Teachers love to see students take their first draft and rework it until the final. That means that even though you could delete your first draft and create a magnificent Shakespearian final essay, you’re better off editing what you already have. Teachers live…

The tranquil Underberg farm on which the annual Splashy Fen Music Festival is held, will soon transform into a colourful tent town when thousands of people from around the country descend on the southern Drakensberg this Easter (April 5 to 9) for four days of great live music in a spectacular mountain setting.

Bio-technology students using a pure crocodile fat brew had much more horsepower than those using a cow mix blend. The unusual experiment began several months ago when 20kg of crocodile fat from Mozambique was flown to Grahamstown alternative energy guru Dr Garth Cambray to turn into bio-diesel.

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University was awarded a grant of R200 000 for Best overall improvement in technology innovation at the Innovation Fund’s Annual Report function held in Cape Town recently.