Orlando Pirates kids score
School kids attending the Orlando Pirates Learning Centre, supported by Acer for Education, have seen significant improvements in their marks for the critical subjects of maths and English. The centre has already touched the lives of more than 1 500 children between Grade 6 and Grade 12. Testing before and after attending the centre shows that primary school children increased their English marks from an average of 55,67% to an average of 75,79%; with their maths marks improving from 41,33% to 64,79%.
Used gifts are OK in SA
South Africans are quite happy to receive second-hand goods as Christmas gifts, according to a poll by Gumtree. In the survey, 51% of participants said that they didn’t mind whether a gift was bought second-hand, while 17% said it was not acceptable and gifts should...
MTN the top African brand
MTN is Africa’s top brand, with a value of more than $5,4-billion – the only African brand valued at more than $1-billion. This is according to a survey of Africa’s most valuable and admired brands carried out by African Media Agency (AMA)/African Business magazine in...
ICT urged to invest in youth
The ICT industry should stop wasting its money on top-heavy events like GovTech and rather invest in developing South Africa’s untapped youth market. This is the word from Prof Barry Dwolatzky, who says companies with foresight would rather support events like the...