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Inquiry Based Life sciences training for west coast teachers

The Arcelor Mittal Science Centre in Saldanha hosted the first of three professional development training programs for natural sciences teachers from schools in the West Coast…

  • SKATT
6 min read
MATHEMATICS

Inquiry-Based training for natural sciences and mathematics teachers in Eden and Central Karoo education district, Western Cape

Advancing Knowledge NPC (AK NPC) rounded off its 2025 training programme in inquiry-based STEM education training in George for grades 6-9 natural sciences and mathematics…

  • SKATT
7 min read
If the sun sets on coal mines and oil rigs, a new horizon emerges: the dawn of a renewable energy revolution. But what happens to the workers whose livelihoods are tied to the old way of doing things? (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
AFRICA

How Africa can shift to renewable energy without leaving fossil fuel workers behind

A multifaceted training approach involving the state and private sector is required to ensure continued employment

  • Karabo Mokgonyana
6 min read
International organisations such as the World Bank have also emphasised the importance of skills audits in promoting good governance and effective service delivery in the public sector. Photo: Supplied
DEVELOPMENT

How the government can use skills audit to strengthen public services

Other countries have already benefited from this process, and South Africa can learn from their experiences

  • Andile Sokani
5 min read
South Africa, the world’s seventh-largest coal producer, faces a climate challenge that has largely flown under the radar: methane emissions from coal mines. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BLESSING MANALE

Have coal industry workers been left in the dark?

South Africa’s transition to renewable energy is challenged by a shortage of planning, skills development and training, an investigation by Oxpeckers finds

  • Thabo Molelekwa
  • Oxpeckers
11 min read
Students protest for free education in Cape Town. (Photo by Shaun Swingler/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
CONSTITUTION

Restless Prejudice: Is higher education a right or privilege?

Fair discrimination requires all South Africans to have an equal chance to meet the minimum standard to access institutions of higher education

  • Motshedisi Mathibe
  • Hamandawana Zhou
7 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

TVET colleges need complete overhaul to quell slow growth trajectory

More needs to be done to raise the profile of technical and vocational education and training colleges and increase enrolments in the country

  • Stanley Ncobela
7 min read
BASIC EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE

Young South Africans must co-drive unemployment solutions

Young people’s experiences should lead the way in a shared response to youth unemployment

  • Kristal Duncan-Williams
3 min read
True mentorship is not about hierarchy. It’s about co-creation. Photo: File
BUSINESS

Companies need to plan for the future through skills development

COMMENT: Businesses need to focus on the training the so-called soft skills needed to respond to an ever-changing environment

  • Leana de Beer
4 min read
Equal Education has criticised last week’s medium term budget policy statement for what it said was a failure to provide adequate funding to the education sector. (Madelene Cronje)
BASIC EDUCATION

Government must give a helping hand to learners who drop out

We cannot simply accept that 75 000 young people or more have dropped out of school this year and that life continues as normal — we need to give them opportunities

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
Professor Babu Sena Paul, director for the Institute for Intelligence Systems, University of Johannesburg (UJ)
CHRO

Human resources disrupted in the 4IR

One way in which the HR function can be renewed is by embracing technology

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read