Articles containing the tag ‘education
By Staff Writer On Saturday, January 10th, 2026

NRF Relaxes Age Restrictions on Postgraduate Scholarships

In a significant policy adjustment aimed at promoting equity in higher education funding, the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa has relaxed age restrictions for a portion of its postgraduate sc... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, January 13th, 2025

Matric Results Expected on Monday Evening Amid Minor Irregulatities

On Monday morning, the quality assurance body for the basic education sector, Umalusi gave the go ahead for the results of the National Senior Certificate of 2024 to be released. The Basic Education Minister, S... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, June 21st, 2021

Ramaphosa Urges Public to Adhere to Covid-19 Measures as Country Enters Third Wave

The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has made an impassioned plea to members of the public to take more responsibility as the number of novel cases of the Covid 19 virus climb to a new high as the co... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, June 19th, 2021

Minister Angie Motshekga Says Schools to Remain Open, Teachers to Be Vaccinated

The minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga, announced on Saturday that schools in South Africa would remain open in order to facilitate the vaccination of members of staff both in public and private schoo... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, May 19th, 2021

Contact Sports Suspended by the Department of Education

The department of Basic Education announced on Wednesday that it had taken a decision to suspend all contact sports with immediate effect countrywide. This announcement follows a meeting of the council of educa... Read more »
By Makkie Maclang On Wednesday, May 19th, 2021

Bitcoin Association Releases Annual Report on Education Initiatives

Bitcoin Association, a Switzerland-based organization that supports the development of platforms and applications on the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain, has released its 2020 annual report that included its achiev... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, April 25th, 2021

Government Allowing Full-time School and Sport a Welcome Move – Education Expert

On Friday the Department of Basic Education announced that pupils can now return to school on a full-time basis albeit if a number of protocols are observed to provide safety from Covid-19. Most of the protocol... Read more »
By Staff Writer On Thursday, May 7th, 2020

The National Research Foundation Introduces Age Restrictions on Bursaries

On Thursday, May 07, 2020 South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF), a government-funded agency which provides funding for postgraduate research studies, announced in a press statement that it was... Read more »
By Nelly Mkhize On Tuesday, July 9th, 2019

The Effects of Web Technologies on Business and Education

Advances in web technologies have made our lives much easier than those of people who lived in the pre-technological era. There are countless services that we can now access without leaving the comfort of our h... Read more »
By Steve Conway On Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Ideal Jobs for Every Construction Lover

Construction is something that people can fall in love with for a range of different reasons. For some, it’s about being able to practically take something from a vision to a tangible structure, while for oth... Read more »