First-year success during a pandemicMarch 2021 marked exactly a year since South Africa's first coronavirus case. This pandemic will go down in history as one of the most challenging times in some people's lifetimes. Starting your first year of tertiary amid a pandemic is challenging as you are most likely to miss out on some of the long-awaited tertiary events such as the freshers' welcome party and more. Everything we took for granted is now even more important such as, hugging your new friends and chatting over a cup of coffee in the cafeteria with your peers. We cannot change the current situation, but we can make it manageable with a few hacks to help you get through the year with ease.
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First-year success during a pandemicMarch 2021 marked exactly a year since South Africa's first coronavirus case. This pandemic will go down in history as one of the most challenging times in some people's lifetimes. Starting your first year of tertiary amid a pandemic is challenging as you are most likely to miss out on some of the long-awaited tertiary events such as the freshers' welcome party and more. Everything we took for granted is now even more important such as, hugging your new friends and chatting over a cup of coffee in the cafeteria with your peers. We cannot change the current situation, but we can make it manageable with a few hacks to help you get through the year with ease.
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Nearly 300,000 South Africans benefit from Microsoft's digital skills initiativeMicrosoft recently announced that nearly 300,000 South Africans have benefited from its Global Skills Initiative. Over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories have also been upskilled through the initiative. The company said it will be extending its commitment by launching new resources to help job-seekers and 250,000 companies make a skills-based hire in 2021.
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Nearly 300,000 South Africans benefit from Microsoft's digital skills initiativeMicrosoft recently announced that nearly 300,000 South Africans have benefited from its Global Skills Initiative. Over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories have also been upskilled through the initiative. The company said it will be extending its commitment by launching new resources to help job-seekers and 250,000 companies make a skills-based hire in 2021.
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The right to education: An insider's perspective over the past 25 yearsThe last year has made the rights enshrined in South Africa's Bill of Rights more relevant than ever before. Prior to Covid-19, many of us simply took the right to freedom of movement for granted, as well as the right to freedom of trade, to healthcare and to education. Although these rights are experienced to greater and lesser degrees by South Africa's citizens, we never imagined that a pandemic would force their realisation to be temporarily suspended for all.
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The right to education: An insider's perspective over the past 25 yearsThe last year has made the rights enshrined in South Africa's Bill of Rights more relevant than ever before. Prior to Covid-19, many of us simply took the right to freedom of movement for granted, as well as the right to freedom of trade, to healthcare and to education. Although these rights are experienced to greater and lesser degrees by South Africa's citizens, we never imagined that a pandemic would force their realisation to be temporarily suspended for all.
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Why do some people get all the good job offers and promotions?They have figured out that formal qualifications are not enough.
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State-of-the-art school for special needs learners opens in KZNUlulation and tears of joy were the order of the day, when KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala, cut off the red ribbon to mark the official opening of the state-of-the-art Pholela Special School at Bulwer in the Harry Gwala District Municipality.
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A story of hopeFor the past four years, the Hillensberg Trust has been making the dreams of several North-West University (NWU) students come true.
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Teaching English abroad for South Africans in 2021: Is this still possible?As Covid-19 continues to send parts of the world into various states of lockdown, many prospective EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers eager to teach abroad seem to be asking themselves the same question: "Is teaching English abroad still possible in 2021?"
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