Lawyers Accuse Police of Political Arrests in Fort Hare Corruption Case - South African News Briefs - May 8, 2024
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Teachers Dance At Work to Get Mnangagwa's Attention, After He Dished Out U.S.$800 to Supporter
New Zimbabwe
MEMBERS of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) have promised to show their dance moves in hopes President Emmerson Mnangagwa notices them and much like he… Read more »
All Schools to Be Re-Opened On Monday
Capital FM
President William Ruto has ordered the re-opening of all schools on Monday. Read more »
Teachers Demand Fair Wages and Collective Bargaining
263Chat
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) has raised concern over the plight and welfare of teachers saying it is increasingly undermining the quality of education delivery,… Read more »
'Missing Joshlin Smith's DNA Found in Saldanha Bay' - South African News Briefs - May 3, 2024
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Internal Ructions and Disruptions At SA Universities Skyrocket With Government Pulled Into Fray [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Spats and allegations of maladministration during the awarding of contracts and overstepping statutory rules for appointments rock SA's six universities -- including University of… Read more »
Tinubu to Inaugurate OOU Post-Graduate As Awujale Clocks 90
Daily Trust
President Bola Tinubu will be inaugurating the school of Postgraduate and Research Studies in Governance at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ogun State. Read more »
Why There's No Excitement Running Universities in Nigeria - - Vice-Chancellor
Premium Times
The vice-chancellor argued that university staff were being paid salaries not commensurate with the volume of their work in the institution. Read more »
Protesters Demand Wits Take Public Stand On Gaza
GroundUp
Calls for "academic boycott of apartheid Israel" Read more »
South Africa's National Student Financial Aid Scheme Has Helped Millions but Is in Trouble - Here's Why [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The board of South Africa's National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been dissolved by the country's higher education and training minister, Blade Nzimande, and the… Read more »
President Boakai Launches Liberia Digital Transformation Project, Targeting 10,000 Youths
FrontPageAfrica
President Boakai has launched Liberia's Digital Transformation Project, targeting 10,000 youths nationwide. This initiative fulfills his commitment made during his first state of… Read more »
We'll Provide Free Tertiary Education for PWDs
Ghanaian Times
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has unveiled a ground-breaking educational policy aimed at supporting persons with disabilities (PWDs). Read more »
GOL Finally Settles WAEC's Debts
Liberian Observer
For Liberian students who were in danger of missing the regionally administered West African Senior Secondary Certification Examinations (WASSCE) due to years of indebtedness to… Read more »
Kenya's Public Universities - Financing Model Overhaul Fails to Address Biggest Challenge - Funding [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Kenya adopted a new approach to public university funding beginning with the 2023-24 academic year. Rapid student enrolment growth and declining state revenues have triggered the… Read more »
25,000 Primary School Teachers to Get Laptops
New Times
Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) has announced plans to spend Rwf12 billion to distribute laptops to 25,000 primary school teachers. Read more »