SA Council on Higher Education Urges Periodic Employee Qualification Verification

In a renewed plea, the South African Council on Higher Education is urging employers to regularly verify the qualifications of their staff. Whitfield Green, the council's CEO, has underscored a growing trend in incidents related to counterfeit certificates, fraudulent activities, and the misrepresentation of qualifications. Green emphasizes that these deceptive certificates are being issued by individuals unaffiliated with the Quality Assurance Council Umalusi, cautioning the public against acquiring fake credentials. […]

February 15, 2024 25

Namibia

Report Attributes High Failure Rate to Automatic Grade Progression

A recent parliamentary standing committee report identifies the main cause of the high failure rate among grades 11 and 12 students in the 2022 academic year. It points to the automatic progression of students to the next grade without acquiring basic competencies like reading and writing. The standing committee on education, science, information, communication technology, and youth development presented this report during a National Council session. The findings stress the […]

February 15, 2024 13

Business / Economics

The Alexforbes Lead Story – 13 February 2024

On Monday February 12 2024 the NAMDIA Foundation awarded another 14 students with bursaries through the Namdia Fo0undation Bursary Scheme. David attended the ceremony and filed this report. https://iono.fm/e/1405945

February 14, 2024 12

Science & Technology

Identity at the core of Zero Trust: becoming cyber secure in education

In an age marked by an unprecedented surge in cyberthreats and data breaches, the importance of cybersecurity has reached new heights. Organisations worldwide are grappling with a mounting tide of cybercrime, with estimates from Cybersecurity Ventures projecting that cybercrime would cost the world a staggering $8 trillion in 2023; a number expected to soar to $10.5 trillion by 2025. It's a daunting reality that no one can afford to ignore, regardless of […]

February 14, 2024 197

Sport

Rio 2016 arenas become schools and public facilities as Games legacy unfolds

Three schools have opened this week and another two are set to be inaugurated next month, fulfilling pre-Games plans for the long-term use of arenas that featured the world’s best athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. The inaugurations mean that key aspects of the Rio 2016 legacy plans are now materialising, following governance issues during the years after the Games. “Finally, we will deliver to the population of […]

February 12, 2024 45

2 2

Namibia

FFF donates school uniforms worth over N.dollars 100 000

The Frank Fredericks Foundation (FFF) reinforced its commitment to school development in Namibia this week by donating school uniforms to nine schools as part of its ‘back-to-school initiative’ valued at N.dollars 100 000. Among the schools that benefited from the project is Opuwo Junior Primary School (OJPS) in the Kunene district, where 10 pupils received uniforms valued at N.dollars 10 000. The donation event at OJPS took place […]

February 7, 2024 13 2 2

Africa

Women fishers in Makoko, Lagos’s ‘floating slum’, are struggling as breadwinners: education and funding would make a difference

Makoko women fish traders waiting to buy fish from fishermen. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty Images Ayodele Oloko, University of British Columbia Makoko, a coastal fishing community in Lagos, Nigeria, was established by fishermen in the 19th century. It is considered the world’s largest “floating slum”. There are conflicting figures about its population but it is home to about a million inhabitants living in poor and informal housing built […]

February 7, 2024 8

Lifestyle

Zuleikha Mayat: South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity

By Saleem Badat, University of the Free State Few Indian South African women have achieved wider public recognition than author, human rights and cultural activist Zuleikha Mayat, who passed away on 2 February 2024. An honorary doctorate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal was just one of many awards bestowed on her during a life that spanned almost 98 years. Mayat was a remarkable pioneer, evocative writer, public speaker, civic worker, […]

February 7, 2024 8

Local

Capricorn Group Changemakers support the Schools for the Visually and Hearing Impaired

Living up to their purpose of being Connectors of Positive Change, Capricorn employees, as Changemakers, dedicated a day to giving back to the School for the Visually and the School of the Hearing Impaired by donating various items and equipment to the two schools, carrying out renovations and doing fun activities with the learners. The event, which took place on Friday, 2 February 2024, brought together a group […]

February 5, 2024 10