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In SA, several educational institutions continue to graduate students who are not job-ready. This is according to the deputy minister of communications, Dina Pule. She was speaking last night at the gala dinner of the ICT Career Expo 2010. “This is of great concern both to the government and the private sector.”

The Southern African Human Genome Programme (SAHGP) has recently been successful in securing seed-funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to kick-start the work of this ground-breaking national initiative. It will involve collaboration between scientists at education institutions, science councils, government and industry.

It seems that there is a growing realisation that “skills and experience” are invaluable assets in the South African Construction and Building environment.

Fasset, the sector education and training authority for finance, accounting, management consulting and other financial services, recently approved R59.4 million in funding for development projects this year.

It was crucial for African universities to generate solutions for the continent’s unique challenges, Stellenbosch University Rector Russel Botman said on Wednesday.

The University of Johannesburg’s new-look Soweto Campus, refurbished to the tune of R450-million and boasting a range of new facilities and residences, was opened by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Friday.

In South Africa, the effects of alcohol abuse are no secret. It is linked to violent crime, road death tolls and birth defects, to name a few. With at least 50 percent of the 18 000 road deaths per year linked to alcohol misuse, it makes sense to encourage South Africans to save lives.

In an attempt tokeep South Africa at the forefront of the mining world, Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) will inject R8 million into the University of Johannesburg (UJ)’s mining engineering faculty over the next three years.

Stigma remains a concern, said vice-chancellor Dr Max Price at UCT’s annual Candlelight Memorial Concert, organised by the HIV/AIDS Institutional Co-ordination Unit (HAICU) on 12 May.

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