bursaries

Studying by candlelight, steep transport costs and losing valuable class time to a strike and the Fifa World Cup didn’t stop Rorisang Chidi from becoming one of Gauteng’s star matrics of 2010, scoring a remarkable seven distinctions.
• SA matrics excel despite hardships

South Africa has allocated an additional R150-million to its National Student Financial Aid Scheme to help tackle the backlog of scarce skills in the country.

The South African government will take steps towards providing free tertiary education to financially strapped students, the ruling African National Congress announced in its annual statement on 8 January 2011.
• Budget big on education, jobs

Gauteng has for the first time achieved the best matric marks in the country, beating the long-time results champion, the Western Cape. 

South African petrochemical company Sasol has announced the final terms of a black economic empowerment deal which, if approved, will see 10% of its shares, worth about R26-billion, owned by previously disadvantaged individuals and groups.

South Africa has set up a R365-million bursary scheme for social workers in order to attract more young people to the profession.

How many black chefs are there in South Africa? Not enough, says James Parker, from the Tourism, Hospitality, Sport Education and Training Authority, a skills development body. But the cream of the crop are rising to the top.