South African petrochemical company Sasol has invested R250-million in universities across the country over the next ten years to improve and develop world-class teaching in the disciplines of chemistry and engineering.
Sasol will grant the country’s universities R25-million each year to develop world-class science and engineering graduates, attract talented academics to teach at those universities, and to facilitate the growth …

The Soshanguve South Secondary School, a R30-million initiative of the Independent Development Trust (IDT), was officially handed over to the Gauteng department of education on Friday.
It is expected that the school, which features a fully-fledged library, a Gauteng Online computer room, and science and home economics laboratories, will cater to over 1 100 pupils when its doors are opened next …

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked as one of the world’s top universities according to the Times Higher Education QS World University Rankings, a respected annual international ranking system.
Laying claim to being the only African university on the list, UCT was ranked in 179th place this year, a marked improvement upon its 2006 and 2007 placing of …

A joint operation between the South African Police Services (SAPS) and the Munsieville local community policing forum (CPF) has resulted in primary school learners pledging to adopt a crime-free lifestyle after several of their high school counterparts were arrested.
The operation in the small township near Krugersdorp was introduced during a community safety plan roadshow on Friday, and involves thorough searches …

A small school on the outskirts of Cape Town has received the first solar-powered computer laboratory thanks to an initiative set up by the Western Cape education department.
The Bernadino Heights High School, located in the poor community of Kraaifontein, was chosen by the Khanya project as the host of its first renewable energy lab.
“An exceptionally well managed school that …

The government will spend R6.1-billion on a literacy plan it hopes will create an additional 4.7-million literate South Africans by 2012.
Kha Ri Gude (Let us Learn) forms part of the Adult Basic Education and Training programme, which was launched in February at this years State of the Nation address.
Focused on giving learners individual attention, they will receive books on both …

The Gauteng Department of Education’s R1.4 billion investment in schools construction began to bear fruit when, on Tuesday, 20 brand new schools were handed over to various communities across the province.
The programme was initiated when research conducted by the Department of Education in 2005, concluded that there was a shortage of 174 schools in various municipal areas across the province. …