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A device that lets the school track exactly where your teen is at every minute? Sounds a bit creepy to me.

Surely U2’s visit to Africa’s shores this week is not mere coincidence? Already this year, we have had three Beautiful Days on our continent: on January 14, Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled his country; on February 7 , South Sudan overwhelmingly confirmed its preference for independence; and on February 11, Hosni Mubarak resigned…

The City of Johannesburg has launched a R50 million skills development programme – the Jozi Skills Hub – that is aimed at tackling unemployment and providing skills development for the youth.

To help the country address its skills shortage challenge, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande wants public entities and government departments to play a bigger role in helping young students and graduates to get accreditation in their chosen professions.

The University of Limpopo’s Medunsa and Polokwane campuses may be merged as training centres for the health professions, the Department of Higher Education and Training said on Thursday.

For the first time since qualification verification became available in South Africa, university students will be able to instantly verify the fact that they have registered.

Going higher and higher: UCT has produced the first group of line managers through its recognition of prior learning process.

THE Universities of Venda and Limpopo are to introduce an indigenous knowledge system degree – championed by the North West University – to curb the slow development of the African economy and bolster the African renaissance.

The National Department of Tourism will contribute 10 270 full time jobs in the current financial year, while about 530 small rural enterprises will also be supported, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Wednesday.

The Canadian government has pledged support of $20 million CDN (more than R140 million) towards the AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative (NEI) to develop Africa’s brighest young minds through training in science and mathematics. It will enable the establishment of a network of facilities for the development of postgraduate science and technology capacity in five African countries,…