54% of urban adults have complete confidence in the major banks (ABSA, FNB, Standard, and Nedbank), more than double the proportion for each of Cosatu, local government and the SA Communist Party (Futurefact 2009)
While there may be arguments for and against the actual economic benefit of such an event to ordinary people living in South Africa, one reality cannot be argued, that such an event does bring a certain level of prestige for the host nation.
Students interested in a career in electronic media stand a chance to win a share of R1 000 000 worth of bursaries for studies in animation, graphic design in multimedia, television and radio production through a partnership between SABC Education and Nemisa.
Mrs N.B. Gumede of Esizibeni Secondary School in the Free State beat 120 other educators from around South Africa to be named Super Teacher of the Year 2008 by the Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) and UniForum SA, the .co.za domain name ...
Applications for the Funza Lushaka bursary in 2010 are closed. The Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme is a multi-year programme that promotes teaching in public schools. Full-cost bursaries are available to enable eligible students to complete a full teaching qualification in an area of national priority. Recipients of these bursaries will be required to teach at a public school for the same number of years that they receive the bursary.
Independent film and documentary producers have warned that they will be forced to close their doors if SABC’s new board does not soon issue proposals for new local programmes, as promised. The Television Industry Emergency Coalition said the new board, led by Ben Ngubane, had promised them in March that requests for proposals would be issued by the end of last month.
Bright Media has developed animated episodes to help new applicants to apply for and enforce maintenance orders through the maintenance courts (which are at every magistrate courts). Find out more by watching Mama M take you through the process of application, court appearance and enforcement of the orders. Thanks to the Open Society Foundation for the funding for the pilot project and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development for their support.
Did you know that there are 23 Million children who are not in school right now? Find out more from the Global Campaign for Education. Bright Media developed the Big Lesson film to develop greater awareness of the need for governments to meet their promises in sending every child to school. On the 23rd April 2008, take part in the World’s Biggest Lesson. Go back to school, and raise awareness of those who are not able to go to school. Join up now!
This is the first Strategic Plan tabled in the National Assembly by the new Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). It represents considerable work undertaken by a department that is in the process of being established. To read full article click here
The "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) scheme, which has sent over a million US$100 laptops to children in the developing world, has been criticised by researchers who found that, unless they are introduced with care, they become little more than distracting toys in the classroom.
Bright Media has developed animated episodes to help new applicants to apply for and enforce maintenance orders through the maintenance courts (which are at every magistrate courts). Find out more by watching Mama M take you through the process of application, court appearance and enforcement of the orders. Thanks to the Open Society Foundation for the funding for the pilot project and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development for their support. 
Did you know that there are 23 Million children who are not in school right now? Find out more from the Global Campaign for Education. Bright Media developed the Big Lesson film to develop greater awareness of the need for governments to meet their promises in sending every child to school. On the 23rd April 2008, take part in the World’s Biggest Lesson. Go back to school, and raise awareness of those who are not able to go to school. Join up now!