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Brand South Africa welcomes the newly appointed Board of Trustees
Brand South Africa welcomes the newly appointed Board of Trustees for the organisation as appointed by His Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa. In terms of...
Rihanna supports Malawian schoolgirls with bicycles and scholarships
Barbadian singer Rihanna is using her clout as a world famous pop star to support education in Malawi. Through her charity she is donating...
South African matric is accepted at Harvard University
A 2016 matric learner from Durban’s Westville Boys’ High School who earned seven distinctions in his final exams last year has been accepted to...
Art show highlights Africa-America connection
CD Anderson
A new exhibition at Johannesburg's Goodman Gallery, titled Africans in America, is an exploration of the cultural and contextual parallels between the continent...
South African teen wins big at Google Science Fair
A South African teenager has walked away with the Google Science Fair Grand Prize. Kiara Nirghi’s winning entry is an economically friendly and sustainable...
South Africa’s Wits University climbs world rankings
31 August 2016
The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg has climbed the world rankings of universities, to become the best in Africa.
This comes from...
Statement by Minister Lynne Brown on the appointment of Brian Molefe as acting chief...
Brian Molefe is the current Group Chief Executive of Transnet and his secondment is with immediate effect. His experience in having turned around the Public Investment Corporation and providing stability at Transnet is a clear indication that Molefe is no stranger in leading complex institutions.
Wits to offer free online courses for Africans
Students from Africa and the rest of the world will now be able to access Wits
University's expertise in a range of fields - from economics to the palaeosciences -
through the South African institution's partnership with edX, a non-profit initiative
founded by MIT and Harvard.
Talking for success with Nedbank
Nedbank's Talk4Success initiative invites successful South Africans to inspire a "can-do" attitude in the country's best and brightest. The initiative kicked off in Johannesburg and will run countrywide until September.
South African wins Stockholm Water Prize
South African-born and trained engineer and researcher John Briscoe has been named the winner of the 2014 Stockholm Water Prize for his "unparalleled contributions to global and local water management, inspired by an unwavering commitment to improving the lives of people on the ground".
