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Bigger isn’t always better. Here’s why

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Bigger isn’t always better. Here’s why

Dawn Rowlands, Issued by Dentsu 7 hours

Wits University researchers are scrambling to manage the fallout from the decision by US President Donald Trump to slash funding to South Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Higher Education

Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts

Aisling de Lange 7 hours

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Environment & Natural Resources

Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

Susan Reid 1 day

TVET colleges as a viable alternative to university

Skills Training

TVET colleges as a viable alternative to university

Issued by FundiConnect 1 day

Tourism

Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement

Betsy Pudliner 1 day

Skills Training

UJ, Google partnership to boost cybersecurity skills, youth employment

1 day

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Higher Education

AI can be a danger to students – 3 things universities must do

Sioux McKenna and Nompilo Tshuma 2 days

Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025 grows attendance, boosts Durban economy

Tourism

Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025 grows attendance, boosts Durban economy

2 days

Primary & Secondary Education

Whole child education: True teaching lies beyond report cards

Lionel Botha 16 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Twenty-seven students from Gaza bid farewell to South Africa on the steps at UCT. They left Gaza after their universities were destroyed during the war, and studied at UCT and Wits.

Public Health

From ruins to resilience: Gazan medical students triumph against adversity in SA

16 May 2025

Maureen Phiri, general manager, sales, Oxyon People Solutions, says skilled workers play a pivotal role in shaping the mining industry of the future, and investing in the development of the skills we need to embrace these new technologies is critical (Image supplied)

Science & Engineering

Addressing the education disconnect in the mining industry

Maureen Phiri 16 May 2025

Online webinar: Navigating economic stagnation in South Africa

Economy

Online webinar: Navigating economic stagnation in South Africa

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 15 May 2025

Prof. Linda du Plessis rebukes Dawie Roodt’s university closure comments

Higher Education

Prof. Linda du Plessis rebukes Dawie Roodt’s university closure comments

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 15 May 2025

Global shifts in focus as Nampo 2025 champions farm resilience

Agribusiness

Global shifts in focus as Nampo 2025 champions farm resilience

14 May 2025

African historian Prof. Toyin Falola receives honorary doctorate

Higher Education

African historian Prof. Toyin Falola receives honorary doctorate

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 13 May 2025

Learning without limits: How Richfield opens doors through online learning

Distance Learning

Learning without limits: How Richfield opens doors through online learning

Issued by Richfield 13 May 2025

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Higher Education

The IIE launches postgrad research centres

13 May 2025

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Applications open for Pamsa bursary programme

13 May 2025

Source: Supplied.

Property

Sectional title is hot property for first-time buyers in Cape Town

13 May 2025

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS disputes claims of 2025 registration portal closure

12 May 2025

Old Mutual turns 180, appoints CEO designate

Finance

Old Mutual turns 180, appoints CEO designate

12 May 2025

Entries for the PPRA and CSOS Member Awards extended for the Reside Awards 2025

Residential Property

Entries for the PPRA and CSOS Member Awards extended for the Reside Awards 2025

Issued by Catchwords 8 May 2025

Distinguished UCT professor joins elite group at US science academy

Education

Distinguished UCT professor joins elite group at US science academy

8 May 2025

Effie Academy launches in South Africa

Marketing & Media

Effie Academy launches in South Africa

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 8 May 2025

Future leaders challenge champions youth employment in tourism

Tourism

Future leaders challenge champions youth employment in tourism

8 May 2025

How a human-centred design approach is changing STEM teaching

Primary & Secondary Education

How a human-centred design approach is changing STEM teaching

Issued by Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 6 May 2025

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Tiny technology that can find pollution in South Africa’s water and trap it

Philiswa Nomngongo 6 May 2025

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Informal Retailing

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Kimberly Mutandiro 6 May 2025

Gugu Mthembu is the CMO at Telkom. Source: Supplied.

Cannes Lions

#AfricaMonth: Telkom's Gugu Mthembu takes African perspective to #Cannes2025 jury

Karabo Ledwaba 5 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Rory Brachner, founder of Doshguide.

Finance

How a costly financial mistake inspired SA’s first flat-fee financial advice platform

6 May 2025

Healthcare

Could inhaled vaccines be the breakthrough to end the Covid era?

6 May 2025

Source: UCT News.

Palliative care

UCT prioritises end-of-life care with novel project

2 May 2025

Existing shareholders (left) Musa Kalenga, group CEO, and chairperson (right) Andile Khumalo have acquired the Brave Group’s founding shareholders' shares, transitioning the agency’s to a 100% Black-owned business(Image supplied)

Advertising

The Brave Group transitions to 100% Black-owned business

30 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Dom Wills, executive director at SOLA Group is hopeful that we will soon see a day where 24-hour solar PV is not only cost-effective, but also able to scale fast enough to reach the zero carbon dawn in time

Energy

Modularity: Driving the future of electricity

Dom Wills 29 Apr 2025

Naspers names Nico Marais as its new CFO

Technology

Naspers names Nico Marais as its new CFO

29 Apr 2025

Thousands of teachers march against budget cuts

Primary & Secondary Education

Thousands of teachers march against budget cuts

Ihsaan Haffejee 25 Apr 2025

Global designers celebrated in TDC71 competition reveal the cutting-edge of typography

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Global designers celebrated in TDC71 competition reveal the cutting-edge of typography

25 Apr 2025

D-school Afrika at UCT launches 3 innovation programmes for students across Africa

Higher Education

D-school Afrika at UCT launches 3 innovation programmes for students across Africa

Issued by Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 24 Apr 2025

North-West University medical school named the NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine

Higher Education

North-West University medical school named the NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 24 Apr 2025

Bedworth Centre redevelopment now complete

Retail & Hospitality Property

Bedworth Centre redevelopment now complete

24 Apr 2025

National benchmark test dates for 2025

Higher Education

National benchmark test dates for 2025

Issued by FundiConnect 23 Apr 2025

UJ opens new education centre with focus on AI, VR

4th Industrial Revolution

UJ opens new education centre with focus on AI, VR

23 Apr 2025

Entries now open for the Reside Awards 2025

Residential Property

Entries now open for the Reside Awards 2025

Issued by Catchwords 23 Apr 2025

Let’s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day

Higher Education

Let’s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day

Issued by Stellenbosch University Language Centre 22 Apr 2025

Deadline approaches for Allan Gray high school entrepreneurship programme

Entrepreneurship

Deadline approaches for Allan Gray high school entrepreneurship programme

22 Apr 2025

US group opens R950k grants for SA universities

Higher Education

US group opens R950k grants for SA universities

22 Apr 2025

Advertising

Google's latest antitrust loss in the US raises stakes for Big Tech

Rob Nicholls 23 Apr 2025

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Medical Research

Meet the neuroscience star who’s using tech to decode the brain

Maya Skillen 21 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Prof Nara Monkam, Chair in Municipal Finance at the African Tax Institute (ATI).

Infrastructure & Utilities

Empowering Africa’s cities: The case for fiscal autonomy and financial expertise

Nara Monkam 23 Apr 2025

Lilitha legacy celebration shines light on women’s empowerment and youth development

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Lilitha legacy celebration shines light on women’s empowerment and youth development

Issued by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation 17 Apr 2025