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SIU, Saica and North West University sign MoU

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/657222-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: tadamichi –" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: tadamichi – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span>Special Investigating Unit head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, has hailed a new partnership between the corruption-busting unit, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants' (Saica) Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund (TEUF), and the North-West University (NWU) as a strong move towards ensuring that the SIU is well capacitated in the future.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/228312.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=228312">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

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UCT to introduce Swahili from 2023

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/657115-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: Serhii Vasylevskyi –" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: Serhii Vasylevskyi – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span>Swahili will be taught as an elective language course at the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 2023, with the aim of launching it as a major subject in 2028. Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng made the announcement in her opening address at UCT's Africa Month panel discussion recently, discussing the role of language and music in liberating and integrating Africa.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/228285.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=228285">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

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Narrowing the gap between skills and opportunity for youth employment

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/656830-208x117.jpg" alt="Narrowing the gap between skills and opportunity for youth employment" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">Data published by Statistics South Africa at the end of March this year showed that the country's official unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points to a record 35.3% in the fourth quarter of last year. Couple that to an ailing economy that's seemingly worsening and the outlook for the country's youth looks quite bleak at first glance. South Africa's <a href="https://redacademy.co.za/?utm_source=bizcommunity&utm_medium=advertorial&utm_campaign=skillsandopportunity" target="_blank">redAcademy</a>, however, is one organisation that's taking the skills and unemployment crises head-on. They're on a mission to fast-track careers in the real world, through what they term a <i>career sprint</i>, that's destined to narrow the gap between skills and opportunities.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/228218.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=228218">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

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