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South African bank Ubank has further demonstrated its commitment toward education in rural areas of the country, this time with the handover of new and improved school facilities at the Zinini Junior Secondary School in Bizana in the Eastern Cape.

The Spur Foundation and Relate Bracelets aim to sell 67 000 bracelets. The funds will be used to set up a franchising model that will enable single mothers to earn a living and to pay for quality education for their children.

Change is in the wind for technical and vocational education and training colleges, which are seen as crucial for building skills needed in the workplace and for economic progress. "Aligning our colleges and their programmes to the world of work is no longer negotiable," says Nzimande.

The diminutive Nkosi Johnson, his 12-year-old body wracked by the Aids infection that eventually killed him, became the face of the disease in the late 1990s. His adoptive mother, Gail Johnson, remembers his gentle concern for mothers and children separated by the pandemic.

The Nedbank Corporate Property Finance Academy graduation ceremony recognised 14 driven Nedbank employees for successfully completing the academy's accredited programme.

Young leaders at the Youth Caucus debated how to build South Africa's nation brand as well as ways in which ordinary people could play their part in meeting the goals of the government's National Development Plan.