Kimberley university to open in 2014
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande says construction will commence in SeptemberPrivate school fund to refurbish, build in Soweto
Fund established to invest in low-fee private schools makes R60m allocation
Durban students break up classes over accommodation plight
University of KwaZulu-Natal students demand that the institution sort out accommodation chaos
Advtech’s earnings slip as enrolment dips
But group says R1.1bn investment over five years will boost profits
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Fund to spend R60m to renovate Soweto schools
As government schools experience resource challenges, the Public Investment Corporation, Government Employees Pension Fund and Old Mutual Investment Group of South Africa are investing in affordable independent schools
Wits finally pays staff at embattled engineering unit
Unpaid staff at research centre paid for January, February and March after university claimed confusion over employment statuses
MEC launches schools online mapping project in Gauteng
Schoolchildren on the East Rand will help update Google Maps data as part of a pilot mapping project launched by the Gauteng education department in partnership with Google
Education fund to bar higher-earning families
Savings scheme meant to make higher education for the poor more accessible due to tighten criteria for beneficiariesCabinet says education ‘turned corner’ under Motshekga’s leadership
Despite Sadtu’s call for Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s resignation only last week, her Cabinet colleagues praise her contributions to the sector
Lobby group ‘encouraged’ by Limpopo schools sanitation plan
Section27 pleased with the Department of Basic Education’s plan to provide new sanitation facilities to ‘priority’ schools throughout province
University of Cape Town Special Report
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: SA ‘needs to reclaim lead in mining expertise’
Minerals to Metals Initiative aims to get experts working together to close the technological gap
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: Crystallisation ‘helps mining solve problems’
Anglo American Platinum confirms to Business Day that it is collaborating with UCT’s crystallisation and precipitation unit, which is looking to find ‘a way to optimise metal recovery’ in the mining process
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: Plants rising from dead could aid Africa
Jill Farrant, who has the research chair in plant molecular physiology at the University of Cape is studying crops that are drought resistant and can survive for months without water
University of Cape Town Special Report
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: UCT typifies SA research excellence
UCT is rated highest in terms of international rankings, and is the only African university in the top 200 universities in the world
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: University patents struggle to generate revenue
Even though UCT has some of the highest industry revenue and patent numbers in the country, it seems to suffers from the same problems as smaller institutions
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: Making models of hearts and aircraft engines
Disciplines of Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics are computational science and engineering, writes Sarah Wild
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- Wits could shut hub for engineering research
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