6+ hour, 12+ min ago  (508+ words) South Africa faces a youth employment polycrisis. Historical high levels of youth unemployment are being compounded by high-quality, low-cost imports and the first waves of an AI tsunami. The country needs to generate an economic return for the R500bn a year…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (602+ words) Chapter 28: Teach Them Instead of buying your children all the things you never had, you should teach them all the things you were never taught. Material wears out but knowledge stays. " Bruce Lee Children must be taught lessons that shape…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (496+ words) Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube has set regulations aimed at eliminating discrimination against pregnant learners and supporting their retention in school. About 30% of learners who fall pregnant do not return to school after giving birth, limiting their long-term socioeconomic upward…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (411+ words) Entrepreneurship education needs a significant upgrade of its scope and scale. Entrepreneurship skills and the motivation to start a business should be brought to all students at universities, not only those registered specifically for entrepreneurship degrees. The goal is to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (251+ words) Efforts to reduce South Africa's youth unemployment crisis is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Kasthuri Soni, CEO of the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. The conversation focuses on the state…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (199+ words) Your editorial opinion (Parliament has better things to do than start a witch-hunt over foreign academics, March 18) refers. The very term university indicates a community of scholars, teachers and students with knowledge and learning being the key elements, not nationality....

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1249+ words) Hypertension (high blood pressure) enjoys global infamy as a "silent killer" that cuts across age, class, race and postal code. That's largely because many people with hypertension feel perfectly fine until they have a heart attack, stroke or show signs…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (432+ words) Geneva " The UN children's agency said on Tuesday it had for the first time in two-and-a-half years been able to deliver school kits with learning materials into Gaza after they were previously blocked by Israeli authorities. Thousands of kits, including…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (222+ words) Business Day LETTER: Not an "either or" for business schools in SA Equip graduates with essential skills grounded in best practice and local relevance The dons of South Africa"s business schools have raised the conjecture that local institutions rely…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (258+ words) Entry-level salaries have risen far more slowly than the cost of living, eroding purchasing power relative to previous generations. At the same time, housing, food and transport costs continue to rise, while internships and junior roles " often the first rung…...