Youth and education
Take-away content to help pupils
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- 10 August 2012
The future of education is mobile, it seems, and getting information to disadvantaged schools is becoming a whole lot easier, thanks to Ogle kiosks, which offer educational content that can be saved to any mobile device.
• Education goes mobile with Vodacom
A winning open education system
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- 08 August 2012
A Cape Town start-up has won an international competition for documenting the importance of the Open Educational Resources system, which uses digital materials for teaching, learning and research, and makes them freely available on the net.
• Zuma: SA to meet 2015 education goal
Yvonne urges women to aim high
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- 03 August 2012
Yvonne Chaka Chaka is a versatile woman, and one of the hats she wears is that of honorary colonel in the South African Air Force, where she works closely with the young people of the Air Force Gymnasium, guiding them to make the right career and life decisions.
• Top WEF award for SA singer
‘I only ever wanted to dance’
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- 01 August 2012
Teenage ballet dancer Michaela DePrince survived a brutal civil war, adapted to a new life in a faraway country, and today is one of the US’s most promising young artists and an inspiration to disadvantaged children.
• They come to dance…and grow
Big sisters are there to help
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- 01 August 2012
Inspired by her own resolve to change an unfulfilling career in economics, actress and philanthropist Refiloe Seseane set out to assist other young women in making, and living with, the most important choices of their lives.
• More women engineers for SA
Rewarding youth excellence
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- 27 July 2012
Young people who are making a difference in their communities were rewarded at an awards ceremony hosted by the National Youth Development Agency.
• All aboard the Youth Express
Values, heritage can be learnt here
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- 26 July 2012
Constitution Hill in Johannesburg wants young children from around the city to learn about the role the Constitution plays in their everyday lives, and is creating a place where they can do this for free.
• Gallery: Constitutional Court
