14+ hour, 5+ min ago  (569+ words) The Department of Higher Education and Training has granted a final extension for the enrolment and completion of selected pre-2009 qualifications, trades, and regulatory unit standards as South Africa moves to complete the transition to a modern occupational qualifications system....

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (437+ words) South African teenagers, often overlooked in development planning despite making up more than 17% of the country's population, are the focus of a new free guide aimed at helping adults support them through adolescence. Hold My Hand, a national child and…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (618+ words) A landmark global report has warned that the world's biodiversity crisis may be far more severe than previously understood, with nearly 30, 000 plant species and more than 400 fungal species now threatened with extinction " while thousands more may disappear before they are…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (740+ words) By Lebone Rodah Mosima President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that youth unemployment had become South Africa's defining post-apartheid challenge, as the country marked 50 years since the 1976 Soweto uprising. Speaking at the national Youth Day commemoration at the FNB Stadium…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (436+ words) Thirty-two years after South Africa became a democratic state, the futures of millions of young people in the country are shaped to a large degree by uncertainty, exclusion, poverty and discouragement. As one lens on this scene, unemployment in the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (510+ words) A new partnership between the China-South Africa Youth Federation (CSAYF) and the Nanjing Research Institute of Hydrology and Water Conservation Automation (NIHWA) is expected to create 1, 500 work opportunities for young South Africans in the water sector, according to the federation....

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (311+ words) Ramaphosa: SA must turn freedom into opportunity for young people Inside Education. Ramaphosa: SA must turn freedom into opportunity for young people To the Young People of South Africa, Fifty years ago, the youth of 1976 stood up against injustice and…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (650+ words) Students arrive in higher education with mindsets and habits shaped by the digital platforms they use every day. Netflix, Spotify and Uber have normalised daily life experiences that feel simple, personalised, immediate and intuitive, and this has raised students" expectations…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (469+ words) The Santa Shoebox Project has urged South Africans to use Youth Day to support teenagers, saying older children are often overlooked despite needing practical help and encouragement ahead of adulthood. The appeal comes as the organisation marks its 20th anniversary in…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (612+ words) The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has raised concern over persistent safety challenges in schools, reporting more than 4, 600 incidents of violence and over 4, 100 cases of vandalism across the province over the past five years. Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile released…...