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Funding, protests and transformation were discussed by President Jacob Zuma and the leadership of South African universities yesterday. Their meeting culminated in the president announcing that a task team would explore solutions to funding challenges.

Out of a 180 applications to study in China, 53 successful applicants are about to depart to the east to start their tertiary education. Along with the excitement for the opportunity, comes a sense of responsibility to be gracious guests and excellent representatives of South Africa overseas.

Project Isizwe is rolling out wi-fi in deeply rural Eastern Cape. In its pilot project, it will bring wi- fi to Ingwe College's Mount Frere and Lusikisiki campuses. The plan is to offer free connectivity on campus and for surrounding communities. Deployment begins in mid-June.

Project Isizwe is rolling out wi-fi in deeply rural Eastern Cape. In its pilot project, it will bring wi- fi to Ingwe College's Mount Frere and Lusikisiki campuses. The plan is to offer free connectivity on campus and for surrounding communities. Deployment begins in mid-June.

Much progress has been made in implementing the initiatives of the National Development Plan, says the minister in the presidency. He lists investments in the ports and in aquaculture, as well as programmes in health care delivery and Operation Phakisa labs in mining and education.

With China now South Africa's largest trading partner, a journal produced by Stellenbosch University aims to create understanding of East-Africa relations. The fast rate of China's involvement in the continent has had a major impact on the environment and economics, editor Sven Grimm says.

This year's matric exams have been approved by the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, even though there was evidence of cheating and group copying in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. Maths and science marks were also lower than in previous years.