Student accommodation facility on schedule for start of new academic year
The Hatfield Square redevelopment in Pretoria, which is currently under construction, is on track to open for reservations in January 2017, offering Pretoria’s student community a mixed-use precinct...
View ArticleElectricity safety campaign highlights risks of illegal connections
State-owned power utility Eskom launched a countrywide week-long safety campaign between August 22 and 28 to create awareness about and responsible use of electricity.
View ArticleECSA’s framework revisions seek to improve accountability in profession
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) has concluded its nationwide consultative process on the revisions to its governance frameworks by engaging engineering practitioners of the different...
View ArticleCummins Africa opens CNG training facility
Power and engine multinational Cummins Africa has added a compressed natural gas (CNG) engine training programme to the courses available at its Kelvin View training facility, in Gauteng, to support...
View ArticleCompany training ensures technical expertise
Global electrical, automation, mechanical and consumable products provider Elquip Solutions aims to ensure that its customers have access to quality tools and equipment by ensuring that its personnel...
View ArticleBuilding industry calls for accredited inspection qualification
An accredited building inspection qualification will help protect South African property buyers and will also foster job creation in the nascent local building inspection industry, says local home...
View ArticleMTN’s new BBBEE scheme launched
Subscriptions for MTN’s new R9.9-billion broad-based black economic empowerment scheme MTN Zakhele Futhi are now open to qualifying black investors and groups. Some 123.4-million ordinary shares in MTN...
View ArticleSouth African firms report ‘positive but cautious’ Q4 hiring intentions
South Africa’s mining, quarrying and manufacturing sectors will remain the country’s weakest job link as local employers report cautiously optimistic hiring intentions for the next three months to...
View ArticleMOOCs won’t ease higher-education stresses, but add diversity and flexibility
Massive open online courses – MOOCs – are exposing many people to the educational content and academic quality of universities, with these courses forming part of increasingly diverse, flexible study...
View ArticleCommercial bamboo production may have biofuel potential
According to Africa-focused bamboo technology company Afribam, growing bamboo commercially could create biofuel possibilities for commercial power generation and serve to sequestrate a percentage of...
View ArticleUIF commits nearly R12m to training scheme for Scaw Metals employees
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has committed R11.9-million to the Manufacturing Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority to fund the training of 325 Scaw Metals...
View ArticleLocal unit of global defence group enjoying significant success
South African private-sector defence company Saab Grintek Defence (SGD) is enjoying such success that it has had to recruit 198 new staff since January 2015, taking its work force up to 719 people. The...
View ArticleGauteng govt, JCCI sign MoU to promote SMMEs
The Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) and Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development Lebogang Maile on Friday signed a memorandum of...
View ArticleFirst secretary-general appointed for African research body
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana professor Ernest Aryeetey has been appointed as secretary-general of the African Research Universities Alliance (Arua) to drive a collaborative initiative...
View Article25th school bridge building competition demonstrates value of hands-on...
From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. Sashnee Moodley: The South African Institute of Civil Engineering has held its 25th yearly school bridge building competition, which...
View ArticleIn-house training necessary to improve cybersecurity
Cybersecurity skills are in short supply worldwide, and South Africa competes locally and internationally for these skills. The risks of training and then losing employees must be weighed against not...
View ArticleAirbus to assist with Rooivalk upgrade, as it reaffirms Africa commitment
The Airbus Group (parent of Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters) is committed to help develop aeronautical industries in Africa, because it believes that this makes good business...
View ArticleStellenbosch University offers MBA online in real-time
The University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) will be the first South African business school to offer its MBA in real-time online, transferring the physical classroom space to anywhere in the...
View ArticleTransparency only way to win mineworker trust – Motlatsi
The only way to win the trust of mineworkers is for the mining business to become open and transparent, former National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) president Dr James Motlatsi said on Thursday. Speaking...
View ArticleGovernment signals crackdown on cartels
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel is adamant about cracking down on cartels that he says are pushing people deeper into poverty and raising prices of food and other goods. He told the tenth...
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