SABC Win A Home: The garden challenge
ArchivesLatest news October 12, 2017
After the big spend on the kitchens, the design duos are faced with very tight budgets and two spaces left to design. At Plascon Spaces, Danilo announces that the next challenge requires some of out of the box thinking, so far out of the box in fact, that our... Read more
Prof Van Marle-Köster elected as president of SASAS
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria October 12, 2017
Prof Esté van Marle-Köster, Head of the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), was elected as president of the South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS) at the Society’s 50th Congress that was held in Port... Read more
Close the mental health treatment gap
ArchivesLatest newsMust-Read October 12, 2017
South Africa needs sustainable solutions to deal with its mental health treatment gap, delegates heard at a roundtable discussion ahead of World Mental Health Day (WMHD) today. The discussion, “Economy, Equality and Access to Mental Health Services”, was hosted by the Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health.... Read more
Stellenbosch University to honour foremost thought leaders
ArchivesLatest newsStellenbosch University October 11, 2017
This year Stellenbosch University (SU) will bestow honorary doctorates on four thought leaders who have made an exceptional contribution to society both internationally and in South Africa: a famous South African documentary photographer, artist, activist and historian; a prominent medical researcher who has carried out pioneering research on an... Read more
Cape Town based online education company GetSmarter is embarking on a major recruitment drive, hot on the heels of its R1.4 billion acquisition by US based 2U. “We are looking for talented people who have a passion for education, can-do attitudes, and are team players that are eager to... Read more
Judge Zak Yacoob speaker at Russel Botman Memorial Lecture
ArchivesLatest newsMust-ReadStellenbosch University October 10, 2017
Judge Zak Yacoob, retired judge of the Constitutional Court, will be the speaker at the annual Russel Botman Memorial Lecture. The lecture, held in honour of the late Prof Russel Botman, former Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU), is hosted by the Faculty of Theology in collaboration with... Read more
Bursaries for young Eskom scientists
ArchivesLatest news October 10, 2017
Three young scientists have been granted the opportunity to study engineering at South African universities of their choice after receiving bursaries worth over R1.3 million from Eskom. “Eskom awarded bursaries worth a total of R1 332 000 to three deserving young scientists,” said the power utility. The bursaries were awarded at... Read more
DHET welcomes improved SETA audit performance
ArchivesLatest news October 9, 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) would like to clarify that contrary to recent reports in the media it had in fact achieved an unqualified audit opinion in the 2016/17 financial year. As reflected in its financial statements, the Department also incurred irregular expenditure to the amount... Read more
Filmmaker wants to help tell community’s stories
ArchivesLatest news October 9, 2017
Instead of aiming for the bright lights and the big bucks of Hollywood, filmmaker Ntsikelelo Mavata returns to his hometown roots to make films about the people of Rhamnyiba, Eastern Cape. Mavata is a graduate of Johannesburg’s Big Fish Digital Filmmaking School, and has taken the technical and storytelling... Read more
Germans keen to enhance institutional ties
ArchivesLatest news October 9, 2017
Strengthening ties with European partners was the discussion point when CPUT recently hosted a German state minister on its Bellville campus. Theresia Bauer, Minister for Science, Research and the Arts in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, brought with her representatives from 24 German institutions of higher learning. “We are... Read more
