Careers of the future – what to study now
AchieversCareersLatest news December 23, 2020
Covid-19 and lockdowns forever changed the way the world will do business, and accelerated the move of many companies towards conducting their business online, remotely and by incorporating new systems and processes into their operations. The developments of the past year also provided increased clarity about career paths of... Read more
Preliminary Critical Skills List now available
CareersLatest news December 22, 2020
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has submitted its preliminary Critical Skills List to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) for review. “The list is publicly available from the DHET’s website and companies should start reviewing it in anticipation of a round of public commentary before it... Read more
MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza throws lifeline to 100 young people
CareersLatest news December 22, 2020
KwaZulu-Natal government continues to show its seriousness in its quest to better the lives of the youth Today, about 100 young people graduated with different vocational skills under the tutelage of the Department of Social Development in the province, in collaboration with Umfolozi TVET College. The graduates had spent... Read more
A ‘yes’ to study medicine after eight years and 32 rejections
AchieversCareersFree StateLatest newsUniversity of the Free State December 15, 2020
A first-year medical student from the University of Free State (UFS) is finally on her way to realise her childhood dream of becoming a doctor after having been rejected 32 times in eight years to study medicine. Bianca Vermeulen, who started the MBChB programme in 2020, said she applied... Read more
Absa partners with WeThinkCode_ with a vision of aligning higher education with employability
CareersLatest news December 14, 2020
Absa has partnered with local training NGO WeThinkCode_(WTC_) to probe the transformation of South Africa’s digital skills landscape by focusing on practical ways of reforming youth employability. Together, they are rewriting the future of technology students by focusing on candidate selection and matching, a demand-led curriculum, retention and ultimately... Read more
Designer student wins TWYG Student Award for her sustainable collection
Achieversarts and cultureCareersDurban University of TechnologyLatest news December 9, 2020
Designing clothing in an environmentally and socio-economically sustainable manner, to change the attitude and behaviour of people, is the aim of Bachelor of Technology Degree (BTech) fourth-year student, Alexandra Van Heerden. The environmentally-conscious student designer is creating fashion waves and recognition for her sustainable collection, recently winning the TWYG Student Award, which took place... Read more
SA’s first TV meme generating platform, AmaMeme, built by Guerilla
CareersLatest news December 9, 2020
From AmaAngry to AmaShook, DStv’s newest meme platform gives us Mzansi’s freshest, tastiest, locally sourced GIFs and reaction shots from the Nation’s favourite DStv shows. In the words of the launch campaign and Guerilla, the co-founders and creators of the platform, AmaMeme has AmaEverything for AmaSocial! DStv’s brand-new meme... Read more
Cheeba Cannabis Academy opens Africa’s first campus near Johannesburg
CareersLatest news December 7, 2020
The burgeoning SA cannabis industry has taken a foundational step forward with the announcement from trailblazer, CheebaAfrica that they are opening the first dedicated cannabis education campus on the African continent. Cheeba Africa has already established a solid online education offering through its international partnership with Medical Marijuana 411... Read more
UP’s Vehicle Dynamics Group employs smart transportation technology for improved mine safety
CareersLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria December 4, 2020
An engineering team at the University of Pretoria (UP) has pioneered an underground procedure which tests the performance of collision-avoidance systems (CAS) in an effort to improve the safety of workers on mines by reducing unwanted interaction between vehicles and pedestrians. The Vehicle Dynamics Group (VDG) is a research... Read more
UP launches Africa-first Engineering 4.0 facility for research on smart transport, cities and infrastructure
AchieversCareersLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria December 2, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) officially opened its state-of-the-art Engineering 4.0 facility, which focuses on research on smart transport, cities and infrastructure. Situated on the Innovation Africa@UP campus inHillcrest, Engineering 4.0 has its home in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT). A first for Africa,... Read more
