UP and CSIR sign collaboration agreement on smart transport, cities and environments
Latest news July 22, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) today (22 July 2020),to collaborate in the area of smart transport, cities and environments. According to Professor Wynand Steyn,... Read more
Mandela Uni Dean to serve on SA Judicial Education Institute
AchieversCareersLatest news July 22, 2020
Mandela University’s Executive Dean of Law, Professor Avinash Govindjee, has been appointed as one of two legal academics designated by the South African Law Deans’ Association (SALDA) to serve on the South African Judicial Education Institute (SAJEI). The SAJEI was created to promote the independence, impartiality, dignity, accessibility and... Read more
Humans need to do better if we’re to avoid ocean system collapse
CareersLatest newsResearchStellenbosch UniversityWestern Cape July 22, 2020
Should the ocean system collapse, the resultant crisis could be as devastating as the COVID-19 crisis. Liaise with Tanya Brodie Rudolph after 15:00 at tanya@enviromer.co.za, cell 082 7888 668 for more information. Click here for a short video; soundbites available. A new relationship between humanity and the ocean is... Read more
Ford C3 is a student-led signature educational programme of Ford Motor Company Fund, run in partnership with global non-profit organisation Enactus Incumbent Enactus Ford College Community Challenge (C3) students honoured at this year’s virtual awards ceremony New winners selected for the seventh cycle of the Enactus Ford C3 Challenge... Read more
Winners announced in the ‘Aspire, Higher’ competition
KwaZulu-NatalLatest newsUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal July 21, 2020
Game-changing ideas emerge to help turn the tide on HIV infections and enhance sexual and reproductive health in young women Wits Business School (WBS), Reckitt Benckiser (RB) and its Durex brand, Gilead, and UNAIDS are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural ‘Aspire, Higher’ sexual health innovation competition.... Read more
New view of nature’s oldest light adds fresh twist to debate over universe’s age
Latest news July 20, 2020
From a mountain high in Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers with the United States’ National Science Foundation’s Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) have taken a fresh look at the oldest light in the universe. Their new observations plus a bit of cosmic geometry suggest that the universe is 13.77 billion years... Read more
Leading youth development practitioners at a webinar hosted last week by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation and its partner entity Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) called for the support of South Africa’s youth now to realise society’s needs in the future. “We have been enamoured by the role many young professionals... Read more
Report shows promising South African labour market
KwaZulu-NatalLatest newsUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal July 16, 2020
Labour demand is on the rise, as is job search activity. These are the notable trends in the South African labour market during June, according to the latest CareerJunction Index (CJI) Executive Summary report which was released yesterday. The report, powered by comprehensive data gathered from the Career-Junction website,... Read more
Most classrooms in South Africa have over 50 learners per class with one teacher having to give enough attention to each child. This is impossible in most cases resulting in some children being left behind. 2020 has added additional strain to this already tenuous situation with Teachers and Parents... Read more
WITS develops a therapeutic for aggressive Breast Cancer
AchieversGautengLatest newsUniversity of the Witwatersrand July 16, 2020
Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) have developed a potential treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), a particularly aggressive cancer which mostly affects women of colour under the age of 50. Currently, treatment of breast cancer includes using drugs which selectively target hormone receptors, those which... Read more
