From next year, prospective accountancy students who would one day like to qualify as chartered accountants will have the option of studying fully in English or Afrikaans at Stellenbosch University.

Following its groundbreaking partnership with New Africa Development (NAD) to construct a R400-million mall in Moruleng, a densely populated rural area on the north-eastern border of the Pilanesberg in the North West Province, the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela Traditional Administration (BBKTA) hosted an Entrepreneur Day in the Moruleng CBD.

Civilisation has found itself in a place where volatility is the new normal. Historic droughts exist alongside historic floods, the global food system is failing one out of every seven people, and financial markets continue to teeter on the brink of disaster.

In an ongoing effort to address the quality of maths passes among matriculants in the country, the Department of Basic Education has once again joined hands with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) through its Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund (TEUF) by means of supporting the Maths Development Camps in the country.While other learners are on school holidays, more than 200 matriculants have opted to use the school holiday to up their skills in mathematics by attending camps at various locations.

Dipuo Sibiya (23) is by no means an ordinary toolmaker. As a black female she is an anomaly in a white male dominated industry. In her own way she is contributing to a re-imagining of the role of females in the industrial sector.