Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Mr Madella was born in Cradock and grew up in Elsiesriver. He matriculated from Uitsig High in 1982 and studied Social Work at the...

South Africa's universities and other academic and technical tertiary institutions are some of the best on the continent and in the world. At the cutting edge of research in various academic, technology, medicine, law and business spheres, the country's public higher education institutions offer a range of study and research options for local and international students.

In June 2015, student Buhle Sithela began cleaning rubbish bins in Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of Cape Town, where he lives. He uses the money he makes from the project to aid the people of the township, including hosting community film screenings. Movies are his passion, he says.

South Africa has reiterated its commitment to the development of the energy sector as one of the most vital keys to easing constraints to economic growth. The expansion of the nuclear energy will be implemented over the next decade, adding to the R83-billion already invested in Eskom.

Students of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology were given a task to share stories of their community, in order for them to identify with one another. These stories capture the challenges they have overcome and aims to shape them as aspiring teachers.

Young boys and girls hoping to become the next global athletic icon now have the opportunity to make that dream a reality, Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said at the opening of the upgraded Green Point Athletics Stadium on Wednesday.

IT entrepreneur and Play Your Part Ambassador Luvuyo Rani has been selected as one of the 10 JCI Outstanding Young Persons of the World for 2014.

Two South Africans have been shortlisted for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, which recognises local solutions to local problems. The engineers will vie with 10 other African inventors to win the £25 000 grand prize and receive commercialisation training and mentoring.

When District Six residents were forcibly removed from their homes in the 1960s and 70s, going back seemed an impossible dream. Now, former residents and their descendants are moving back home, to return the area's streets to their former vibrancy.

Luvuyo Rani's decision to swap teaching for computer sales has brought much-needed IT skills training to Khayelitsha residents. His brainchild, Silulo Ulutho Technologies, supplies hardware and software, and trains customers in basic and advanced computer skills.