SARUA Handbook 2009: a guide to public universities of Southern Africa published

The Southern African Regional Universities Association(SARUA) recently published Southern Africa’s first regional guide to its universities. The guide provides information about the institutions while also showing how historical trends over the last 50 years have influenced the development of higher education. 
The full text of the guide is available for free on SARUA’s site. Click Here!

School curriculum in South Africa to be scrutinised

“In the coming months public hearings will be held into South Africa’s schools curriculum as it remains the subject of endless complaint”, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said recently.
“Investigations and public hearings will be held on this matter in the next four months, to make sure that areas of further work and interventions are identified. These will then be addressed [...]

Minister Nzimande suggests changes to the current South African education system

The Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande recently suggested that the current matric exemption system should be revised. He said the exemption rate of 18% of South African matriculants was too low to accept as a reflection of  their abilities. “It is not true that that all students who do not get exemptions cannot succeed in higher [...]

Fast Broadband for South African Universities

Critical portions of Seacom’s 17,000 kilometre under-sea fibre optic cable linking Africa to Europe and India were completed last month. This marks a momentous occasion for higher education in South Africa. This will enable South African universities to have fast and affordable internet that handles large volumes of data, something that universities around the world have been used to for [...]