Legacy learnership registrations are closing: Employers must prepare for full QCTO transition
Employers using learnerships as part of their Skills Development and B-BBEE strategies are being urged to act now, as the registration of legacy learnerships is coming to an end. All new learnerships must now be registered under the Quality Council for Trades and...
From pipeline to pipe dream: South Africa’s mathematics crisis
Only one in three matriculants took pure Mathematics in 2025. For a country where STEM skills are officially classified as critical - and where the National Development Plan targets 450 000 university-ready maths and science students by 2030 - that number should alarm...
Intellehub, TASEZ sign MoU for skills development in Tshwane
Intellehub People Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (TASEZ) to collaborate on skills development initiatives aimed at strengthening Tshwane’s automotive industry. The agreement establishes a...
TTRO and UBU launch immersive Red Horizon platform
The Training Room Online (TTRO) and UBU have launched Red Horizon, an AI powered 3D strategic simulation designed to transform how organisations, universities, and leadership teams learn, practice decision-making, and build future-ready skills. Red Horizon combines...
Robotics lab opens at Mpumalanga school
The Shoprite Foundation and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) launched their first jointly funded robotics laboratory at the Siyifunile Secondary School in Dullstroom, Mpumalanga. The lab will provide students with hands-on experience in robotics and...
Gauteng schools recognised for environmental leadership
Gauteng schools took centre stage at the WESSA Eco-Schools Awards Ceremony in February, where educators, learners, partners and government representatives gathered to recognise measurable environmental action across the province. Hosted by WESSA (The Wildlife and...
We are raising AI users, not AI-literate thinkers
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now embedded in daily life, from search engines to smart tools and automated platforms. However, most education systems still treat AI as optional rather than foundational. Without deliberate AI literacy, children risk becoming passive...
Strengthening self-management skills will help students thrive
Technology is the quintessential modern dilemma: while we enthusiastically embrace the positive ways it has transformed our lives, both parents and educators share concerns about its influence on young people. By Louise Hendey, MD: sub-Saharan Africa at Cambridge...
Vertiv in strategic agreement with University of Bologna
Vertiv has signed a framework collaboration agreement with the University of Bologna, establishing a broad collaboration focused on knowledge development, skills advancement and territorial impact. "For Vertiv, this collaboration with the University of Bologna is a...
Coding was made compulsory without a plan to teach it
South Africa did not introduce coding into schools. It declared it. The announcement sounded progressive, even visionary, but it masked a harder truth. Coding became compulsory before the system had the people, tools or time to deliver it. What followed was not...
Equipping the youth in today’s job market
Young people make up more than half of the world’s population and are widely recognised as a driving force behind innovation and social change. Yet in South Africa, they remain the most excluded from opportunity. Nowhere is this more visible than in the moment after...
Connectivity the essential tool powering learning
As thousands of students return to school with fresh notebooks and new ambitions, reliable connectivity will be essential to sustaining learning and opportunity well beyond the first term. In 2026, high-speed, uncapped internet has become as fundamental as stationery...