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DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Tips for students on how to avoid being scammed

Prospective students should be particularly aware of bogus educational institutions

  • Adrian Garden
4 min read
Thousands of jubilant matriculants will be celebrating the end of 12 years of secondary schooling.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Tips for students on how to avoid being scammed

Prospective students should be particularly aware of bogus educational institutions

  • Adrian Garden
4 min read
Project Thusano was initially intended to focus on the maintenance and repair of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) operational vehicle fleet but has morphed to include expensive supplementary agreements such as training soldiers as medical practitioners and mechanical engineers in Cuba. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images
AUDITOR GENERAL

Department of defence still reviewing SA-Cuba agreements

It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
Determined: Sam Mushanewana, the founder of the nonprofit, Donations on Wheels, at Stellenbosch University. Photo: David Harrison
DONATIONS ONWHEELS

Once homeless, Sam goes to university

His goal is to start a training centre – but first he wants to study, and being 50 has not stopped him

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
Senzo Mchunu.
AARON MOTSWANA

‘Fraudulent’ Senzo Mchunu appointment faces SIU investigation

North West legislature concerned about ‘unpalatable favours’ done in filling a senior R1.5-million-a-year position

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
Relebohile Mafokane. File photo
BOITUMELO MOILOA

Senzo Mchunu is implicated in job fraud

The minister supported the appointment of a senior North West official who only has a matric certificate, despite CV claims

  • Khaya Koko
7 min read
Unisa has shortlisted two academics to take over from the outgoing vice-chancellor.
CANNY MAPHANGA

Strike called off as Unisa, SRC reach an agreement

University operations are expected to return to normal on Monday

  • Canny Maphanga
2 min read
The policy of recognition of prior learning
FET COLLEGES

RPL is paved with good intentions

What has become of this policy, which aims to offer a second chance at education success?

  • Staff Reporter
7 min read
Businesses have had difficulty accessing funding from traditional sources as banks tightened their credit facilities.
LISA STEYN

Cut-price degrees, no sweat

I’m a high school dropout but R10 000 will get me a PhD: Some South African professionals are turning to degree mills for "life experience degrees".

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
Molefe ‘shocked’ about fake degree
DAVID MACFARLANE

Molefe ‘shocked’ about fake degree

TUT vice-chancellor says he was not worried by his alma mater’s lack of accreditation.

  • David Macfarlane
6 min read
HIGHER EDUCATION

Security lies in learning new skills

The South African Qualifications Authority has invited Professor Tony Watts to address heads of industry on the importance of career guidance.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERPRISES

Report: SA could use Zim migrants’ skills

South Africa could be making better use of Zimbabwean migrants’ skills but current immigration policy makes it difficult, according to a report released by the Centre for…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND

Piano tuning a dying art in SA

No one in South Africa has been trained to tune a piano for nearly a decade — leaving only about 50 ageing piano tuners in the country. The South African Association of…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read