5 useful, affordable AI tools for SA’s professionals
Uncategorized September 25, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gradually taken over our professional lives. Marketing, Public Relations (PR) and Communications industry across the world has not been left behind when it comes to using AI tools. In fact, nowadays, AI tools have become an essential part of our professional lives. Whether we realise... Read more
Boreout: Reclaim your work mojo
Uncategorized December 28, 2023
Few people are unaware of burnout – the state of extreme stress, exhaustion, and overload that can dramatically affect one’s work and personal life and well-being. Less well-known, however, is another sub-optimal state which is prevalent in workplaces across the globe and thankfully much easier to address – the... Read more
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Nana Poku has announced the appointment of Professor Thabo Msibi to the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning. The announcement comes after the University Council confirmed the appointment which is effective from the 1st of November 2023. Msibi’s... Read more
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Read moreWorkers say their workspace is “safe”
Uncategorized May 30, 2020
Research conducted by organisational culture experts The Human Edge suggests that only half of the South African working population sees their work environment as psychologically safe, with only 24% of those people surveyed willing to recommend their current employer as a place to work to a friend. “Frighteningly 46%... Read more
Robert Speed, Vice President for Middle East and Africa at Blackboard Adopting a suitable and robust online learning strategy is key to maintaining academic continuity for institutions of higher learning. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound and indelible effect on all aspects of society, sweeping in disruptive... Read more
President details rigorous plan to cut youth unemployment
Uncategorized February 13, 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is now commencing with the implementation of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention, which sets out five priority actions for the next five years. Addressing a pre-State of the Nation Address (SONA) youth dialogue in Cape Town on Wednesday, the President said youth unemployment remains... Read more
Student wants to break the gender bias at sea
Uncategorized November 4, 2019
The specialist field of maritime studies doesn’t reflect our current world where we are striving for gender equality. With fewer than 10 per cent of students being women in this field of studies, it is even more surprising to find a young girl from landlocked Somerset East at the... Read more
Karoo women lead the way in farming
Uncategorized September 4, 2019
Six women show the way by cultivating fresh fruit and vegetables in the Pella community, who live in the Namakwa region of the Northern Cape province of South Africa, known for its dry, dusty desert landscape. A women-owned co-operative, comprising six women, one of whom is disabled, run a... Read more
SPU Humanities’ student Sisca Julius, who is studying Afrikaans, creative writing, anthropology and heritage studies, was awarded the inaugural K & L prize for her story, Honey Bee. The award which comes with a substantial prize was founded last year by the New Zealand-based Nigerian novelist, Myles Idoko, author... Read more