SOUTHERN AFRICAAngola, Brazil reinforce technological co-operation Angolan Government and the Brazilian Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul have reinforced the ties of technological cooperation between the two countries. 9 Dec 2008 09:52
SOUTHERN AFRICASADC to launch science and technology desk [Nthambeleni Gabara] JOHANNESBURG: Science and technology ministers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries will meet in Johannesburg on 9 December, 2008 to officially launch a science and technology desk. 8 Dec 2008 13:43
SOUTHERN AFRICAZIMBABWE: School's really out HARARE: The collapse of Zimbabwe's education system, once heralded as sub-Saharan Africa's finest, is being compared to a situation usually experienced by countries at war. 20 Oct 2008 12:00
SOUTHERN AFRICAZimbabwe: Schools turn children away Harare: Rather than encouraging enrollment, schools in Zimbabwe are asking children not to report for lessons. 26 Sep 2008 10:32
SOUTHERN AFRICAKnight's 2009 scholarships for Rhodes University's Media Leadership Institute The Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (SPI) at Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies invites applications for three scholarships from Southern African students who wish to register for the SPI's Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management (PDMM) in 2009. 30 Jul 2008 09:41
SOUTHERN AFRICABotswana's education system - good example to Africa [Kagiso Metswamere] Botswana has set a good example to other African countries for investing more in education, says North West MEC for Economic Development and Tourism, Darkie Africa. 25 Apr 2008 11:13
SOUTHERN AFRICAClios looking for future gold NEW YORK: Applications from around the world for the 2008 Clio Future Gold | Young Creatives Programme are now open until 1 April 2008. The programme, with its mission to elevate and inspire up-and-coming talent in the advertising industry, is run by the 49th Annual Clio Awards and Festival, a global awards competition for advertising, design and interactive, in conjunction with ihaveanidea. 7 Mar 2008 09:01
SOUTHERN AFRICAMandela Rhodes Scholarship students announced [Gabi Khumalo] For the past 18 years, Chipateni Nyirenda from Lusaka, Zambia, wanted to meet her role model former President Nelson Mandela. Her dream was realised on Tuesday, 4 March 2008, as she, along with 23 students from across the continent, sat next to him to receive her Nelson Mandela Rhodes Scholarship. 6 Mar 2008 12:56
SOUTHERN AFRICASwaziland's school gates close on orphans Thamie Simelane, 12, is among hundreds of thousands of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Swaziland who might not be going to school, despite government assurances that the tuition fees of these children would be covered. 7 Feb 2008 08:49
SOUTHERN AFRICAWest Africa: Meeting education targets - access versus quality Midway to the Millennium Development Goals set in 2000, several West African countries have made vast efforts to achieve universal education and gender parity in primary schools by 2015. But education officials and teachers' unions say the push for increased access to education has come at a cost. 7 Dec 2007 09:58
SOUTHERN AFRICAMusic video project for Africa Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry. 22 Nov 2007 14:43
SOUTHERN AFRICANamibia: Land reform reproducing poverty Namibia's land reform programme is a "zero sum game" that merely swaps one form of poverty for another in its current resettlement programme, according to an independent report on attempts to find a equitable solution to racially skewed land ownership. 16 Nov 2007 07:56
SOUTHERN AFRICAComputer literacy for the information age [Timothy Kasonde] A total of 53 teachers last week completed five days of intermediate computer literacy training at Coffee Bay Junior Secondary School and Mdedeleni Secondary School in the Eastern Cape. Twenty teachers attended a beginner's course at Lerato Secondary School in the Free State. 16 Nov 2007 01:37