UCT adopts global ethics code, a first in Africa
To ensure its researchers maintain the highest of ethical standards, the University of Cape Town has become the first African university to adopt the Global Code of Conduct for Research in...
View ArticleNedbank commits to further investment in Youth Employment Service
Nedbank has agreed to sponsor 3 315 youths between the ages of 18 and 29 for paid work experience over the 12 months from May 1. This forms part of the bank’s funded skills development programme run...
View ArticleNUM calls for reskilling of Eskom workers to equip them for clean-energy jobs
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called for greater attention to be given to the reskilling of Eskom workers “so that they can be absorbed” into clean-energy technology work opportunities....
View ArticleRamaphosa to receive update on Youth Employment Service
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday receive an update on the Youth Employment Service, a business-led collaboration with the government and labour to create work opportunities for young people....
View ArticleRamaphosa addresses YES youth concerns
Since President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the Youth Employment Service (YES) in March last year, companies have jointly committed to realising nearly 18 000 work opportunities. The President on Thursday...
View ArticleBMG World accredited as Eaton’s exclusive warranty centre in Africa
The well-established partnership between engineering consumables and components distributor Bearing Man Group (BMG) and power management solutions provider Eaton Hydraulics has been enhanced with the...
View ArticleBuilt environment still plagued by falling-from-height accidents – federation
Nelson Mandela University has found that the indirect costs of falling-from-height (FFH) accidents are 14.2 times the direct costs, reports the Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company. This is...
View ArticleFifth IASP Africa president to be announced this month
The Innovation Hub will, on May 23 and 24, host the 2019 International Association of Science Parks (IASP) Africa division workshop at its grounds in Tshwane. The workshop is part of a series of...
View ArticleBusa calls on business community to allow employees to vote on May 8
Business Unity South Africa on Monday urged all employers, including its members, to encourage workers to exercise their right to vote in the 2019 national election on May 8. While political parties...
View ArticleYoung South African radio astronomers shine with MeerKAT observation proposals
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (Sarao) has announced that 38 South African-led astronomy projects will use the 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope array. The leaders of these projects...
View ArticleANC must use its mandate to transform and grow economy – BBC
The Black Business Council has called on the African National Congress to use its mandate to transform and grow the South African economy following the party’s victory in the 2019 election. The ANC...
View ArticleApplications open for another round of AlphaCode incubation
Rand Merchant Investment Holdings, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Royal Bafokeng Holdings have invited applications for the AlphaCode Incubate startup support initiative. To qualify, a business must...
View ArticleUnemployment rate rises to 27.6% in Q1
South Africa’s unemployment rate increased by 0.5 of a percentage point to 27.6% in the first quarter of this year, Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA’s) latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS)...
View ArticleRise in unemployment rate a call for government to revisit policies
The rise in unemployment levels in South Africa, especially in agriculture, is a major concern and deserves the immediate attention of President Cyril Ramaphosa in his new tenure, Agri SA said on...
View ArticleDigital education offers new experiential training opportunities
Digital technologies are helping to improve education and leading to experiential training – a learning-by-doing approach that helps students to apply fundamental learning and merging experience and...
View Article17-year-old pilot’s Cape-to-Cairo project to inspire other teenagers
An ambitious project to stimulate interest among high school pupils in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in general, and in aviation in particular, has reached an advanced stage of...
View ArticleEskom unbundling will allow for efficient and effective management
The challenges facing State-owned power utility Eskom can be mitigated through proper, efficient and effective management, which is possible with the company’s unbundling, says Stellenbosch University...
View ArticleYES helps position S Africa as credible springboard into continent again
Foreign direct investment is critical to the development of the South African economy and some innovative thinking by the Department of Trade and Industry has turned recently gazetted amendments...
View ArticleDenel announces last phase of offset programme for Malaysia
South Africa’s State-owned defence industrial group Denel has announced that it has launched its tenth and last offset project for Malaysia, being provided in return for the South East Asian country’s...
View ArticleEmbattled sector necessitates cost containment measures – AfriSam
With the South African construction industry remaining under pressure and in a state of accelerated decline, the need to contain costs continues and correct specification of construction materials...
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