The body of a University of Cape Town student was found in Newlands Forest on Monday. Ilan Belcher, 19, went hiking with his brother on Sunday, and decided to continue hiking after his brother went home.
An award-winning author and principal of a high profile private school in White River has been fired following his arrest for child pornography – you can’t trust anyone these days. This guy, who won’t be named until he pleads, has been arrested in connection with an international child pornography syndicate along with six other “professionals” ranging […]
It starts out like any other nerdy convocation speech, then starts to get exciting when the 2001: A Space Odyssey music kicks in. Selby delivered the speech to an audience of around 4,000, and in only two days, it already almost has a million views.
Over recent weeks there has been an increase in gang violence in the Manenberg area and as a result 14 schools will close their doors on Thursday and Friday as they fear for the safety of the teachers and pupils.
A fraternity brother for life, so when it comes time for the youngens to make in the big world it’s not surprising that their elders will help them out. This is an email sent out to fraternity listerav for possible employment at a henge fund.
I remember at school when I first learnt about using ‘I’ instead of ‘me’ – I felt very grown-up. I also remember some kids misunderstanding the rule. Something a lot of people haven’t grown out of yet.
Those braces are mocking us. Yes, this young lady was called to the Bar of England and Wales at the tender age of 18. Gabrielle Turnquest did at 18 what the average lawyer achieves at 27-years-old. Turnquest is the youngest person in history to have passed the bar exam.
Although you may not showcase your handwriting skills that often, your handwriting provides a look into your personality. Your handwriting can be analysed, and you can be better understood.
This is a first: Chinese astronauts delivering a live lecture from the Tiangong 1 space module. The lesson included demonstrations of weightlessness and “the properties of surface tension while in microgravity.” Students were also able to interact with the astronauts and ask questions.
Of the 40 cadets chosen for SAA’s cadet programme, not a single white male was selected. Trade union Solidarity is calling it “subsidised racism” while SAA says the company is “obliged to give preference to previously disadvantaged groups.”
Backyard Brains is a company that is attempting to bring neuroscience into the classroom with the help of RoboRoach. RoboRoach was developed to inspire young minds to find cures for neurological diseases.
Witholding a degree from a man because of a his struggle to pay back his student fees doesn’t sound like something a University at the forefront of the academic and social struggle to reverse the damage caused by apartheid would do, does it?
In a development certain to end multiple romantic relationships across the Cape Peninsula, Stellenbosch University has been ranked the top university in South Africa, dislodging the University Of Cape Town from its long held number one position. But does this have anything to do with academics?
Russian historian, Andrei Lankov lived in Pyongyang in the 1980’s, where he was an exchange student. His forthcoming book takes a look at how the government established a tight grip on the lives of everyday North Koreans. Take, for example, these anti-US questions cited by Lankov in a North Korean student textbook.
New studies show that the billionaires of this world didn’t get to where they are by luck, or even hard work, alone. It turns out that people who get really, really rich are basically just smarter than you.
UCT student conducts a survey to determine the most attractive race – white poeple. But her findings have caused much anger within the institution.
A video showing two schoolkids in uniform having sex in a classroom has gone viral. The video shows the kids having sex in multiple positions, with the boy showing various gang signs to the camera, operated by a third party who is hiding above them. The girl realised at the end of the video. According […]
Ghana’s President, John Mahama has launched the Hope Project. The project aims to build an IT university near the capital of Accra within three years, at an estimated cost of R91 billion, including a residential area, a hospital and social and sports amenities. The university will be built on empty land and house Africa’s tallest building at […]
Earlier this week, the media was abundant with reports about an incident that occurred at Eben Donges High School in Kraaifontien when teachers at the school asked two siblings to remove their headscarf and fez a week ago. They have since been allowed to wear their religious attire. The Western Cape Education Department said on […]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande promised today that all poor students admitted into tertiary institutions will get funding.
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With the latest matric results just announced, and the arguable standard that they represent, comes a list of 10 things that are arguably worth knowing about these results.
We have just found ourselves wondering how on earth Jacob Zuma sleeps at night when we heard about this: all Grade One to 11 pupils in Olifantshoek, in the Northern Cape, will repeat their 2012 grades next year.
It’s never cool when a child dies, and it is definitely not something that should be celebrated. But that doesn’t seem to apply here, as a local kid took his Metro Cop mother’s gun to school and gunned down the school bully – leaving a bunch of kids ‘free.’
Wow, this whole sports drugs vibe is getting out of hand. If it wasn’t enough that one of our own top cyclists was busted shortly after Lance Armstrong, we now have a problem in our schools. And apparently it’s the worst in the world.
The Witness reported today that a KwaZulu-Natal teacher has been chillaxing on sick leave for eight years while the Department of Education has been faithfully paying her salary every month. Crazy.
Mums in the UK are up in arms over a doll designed for girls as young as two to “breastfeed”, calling it “weird” and “creepy”. The cringeworthy toys have children wear a bib with “flower nipples” while the “Breast Milk Baby” makes suckling sounds when the girl puts it to her chest.
An ambitious project, dreamed up by a mixed team of scientists and artists, will see a selection of 100 images sent off into orbit as an eternal archive representing humanity and its achievements throughout history.
Complaining that sex education guidelines are woefully out of date, the UK teachers union, the National Association of Head Teachers has called for a novel new approach to helping kids learns about all those funny changes and why girls and boys get together. This shouldn’t cause any trouble with parents, I’m sure.
According to university leaders, South Africa’s school system is failing to adequately prepare learners for tertiary studies. As such, these leaders are calling for four-year undergraduate degrees to allow an extra year to improve our young adults skills.