Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng premier David Makhura unveiled the first “classroom of the future” in a step towards paperless education at a school in Tembisa, Johannesburg on Wednesday. “I’ve already made an application, I want to join you in this class
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Grade nine pupils in a school in Tembisa, Johannesburg listen attentively to their teacher as she asks them to work out an equation in a financial literacy class. But instead of scribbling the answers down in a notebook, the pupils each work out the
Backups are in place for a paperless learning system which is expected to be introduced in seven Gauteng township schools on Wednesday, Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said. Each pupil would receive a tablet loaded with lesson plans, he told
Eskom hopes the need for rolling blackouts will not arise on Monday as most businesses resume operations after the festive season. “The power system is currently constrained but stable,” the power utility’s spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said just after 10am. “At this stage, Eskom is able to
Finance minister Nhlanhla Nene says Eskom must sort out its problems because they are hurting the economy, according to Monday’s Business Report. Nene told the publication government was not able to help Eskom with day-to-day and operational issues
Post-matric students should consider alternatives other than university, higher education minister Blade Nzimande said on Monday. “The future of our youth does not only lie in going to university, or in going
Matriculants found to have cheated could be banned from writing matric for the next three years, the education department said in Durban on Monday. In addition, officials found to be complicit
State-owned energy company Eskom began rolling blackouts at 11am on Friday. “Due to the electricity demand that has exceeded the supply, Eskom implemented load shedding Stage 1 from 11h00 until
There is no quick fix for the rolling blackouts, Eskom’s financial issues and its maintenance backlog, so South Africans will have to learn to “live with it”, an energy sector analyst said on Friday
Eskom’s financial issues are partly responsible for the country’s rolling blackouts, it said on Friday. “Eskom does have financial issues. It is true that we are having financial crunch and we are currently in discussion