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{pp}Somerset West based engineering consultancy, Moroff & Kühne decided to establish its own Human Resources Development Program in 2006, as a result of being unable to find suitable technical staff for their structural and civil engineering practice.

{pp}Two weeks ago our minister of Education, Naledi Pandor, suggested that three year degree and Diploma programmes be stretched to four years, instead of three.

There are many reasons to disagree with this thinking.

{pp}Clem Sunter`s books have adorned the book shelves of successful business people since the 1990`s. Clem, along with co-author Chantell Ilbury, have written numerous books and talks relating to various scenarios of the world and South Africa.

{pp}Did you love maths at school? Science, maybe… but maths? It seems South Africa conforms to cliché by continuing to avoid and, still worse, flunk Maths at higher grade. Yet one needs maths to get into most scientific and engineering courses at the tertiary level. This sorry state of affairs is endorsed by none other than the State President, who told us in his 2007 State of the Nation address (Feb 7) that “…the number of Matric students who pass Mathematics at the higher grade is only slightly better than in 1995.”

{pp}Are you a young adult with Entrepreneurial flair? Are you a parent who has a child who knows it all and has already told you they don't need education, because they are going to go into business for themselves and make a fortune? You are? Then have you heard about the Small Business Toolbox for Scholars?