Leaders in the tertiary education sector locally and abroad are set to congregate at the 8th Annual Future of Education Summit, by CNBC AFRICA in partnership with FORBES AFRICA to discuss digital solutions for student advancement. Following the theme, The Pathway to Digital Transformation, this free-to-attend digital seminar will see academics and business leaders unpacking…
With South Africa voted the ‘Most Preferred CX Offshore Destination’ for the past two years, international investors have set their sights on the country and ways to utilise its global business services (GBS) and business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors to support their customer servicing needs. The successful South Africa GBS Investor Conference, hosted in Umhlanga…
Thousands across the globe joined in celebrating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Day on 1 August and into the weekend. From South Africa to Sweden and beyond, these ‘nature reserves of the sea’ were celebrated with more than 30 activities organised, emanating from this South African-born event. “MPA Day 2024 was certainly the biggest celebration we…
In a nail-biting 2024 Ignition Group Polocrosse World Cup final on Sunday, South Africa narrowly beat reigning champions, Australia 29-28 – earning them a third World Cup title. Sunday’s final concluded a fantastic competition which ran from 17 to 28 July at the Durban Shongweni Club in the Valley of 1000 Hills. Spectators were kept…
Described by even the most hardened competitors as one of the most challenging races on record, South Africa’s Brad Cox (25) was undeterred, putting on an impressive performance on the back of a stellar 2023 season to place 3rd in the Rally2 category and finishing 13th overall in the Bike Category at this year’s Dakar…
The University of KwaZulu-Natal said on Thursday that it would honour – as a matter of “principle and justice” – its initial offer of a place at its medical school to an applicant who was later rejected when it discovered she was Indian. But the about-turn, which came after university bosses met Health MEC Dr…
A Verulam man may have to undergo plastic surgery, skin grafts and physiotherapy after he was mauled by his neighbour’s pitbulls early on Wednesday morning. Speaking from his Osindisweni Hospital bed, Rishaan Singh, 23, said he had arrived home from a friend’s house when the attack happened. “I parked my car at the bottom of…
