Alan Hammond


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Alan HammondAlan Hammond is the General Manager of Portal Online Publishing. Alan co-founded Portal Publishing with his mother Sylvia Hammond in 2003, with the launch of the Skills Portal website.  Before that Alan was an independent HR and skills development consultant.  Alan learned about online publishing while working for the iafrica.com online publishing company from 1996 to 2002.  He started as an entertainment industry writer and rose to the rank of Managing Editor.

Alan studied at the University of Cape Town and holds an Honours Degree in Workplace Change & Labour Law from the Humanities Faculty, as well as the Associate in Management Certificate from the Graduate School of Business

Alan is the former Chair of the Publisher's Council of South Africa's association for online publishing, the IAB SA.

In his spare time Alan is a mountain biking enthusiast and a regular participant in his local parkrun.

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Articles by Alan:


NSFAS has been hit by another leadership shake-up following the sudden resignation of its Board Chairperson, Dr Karen Stander. Stander blames a toxic work environment on her decision - made only 8 months after her appointment. 


The Higher Education Minister has reassured students who were waiting for NSFAS funding that the government has secured R13bn to finalise payments for all qualifying students this year. 


The Minister of Higher Education has officially announced that applications are open for NSFAS bursaries for university and college studies in 2026. At a media briefing in Pretoria Minister Manamela announced that news that many had been waiting for. 


Leadership of NSFAS presented a 6-month update to the public - highlighting their lack of funds for 2025 but also focusing on the strategies have to secure enough funding for South African students. 


All those who want to study at Unisa in 2026, and have had an offer letter, have been reminded by the university to login to complete the Mooc test. We have all the details.


The latest scam trying to target South Africans is news of a fictitious "Youth Support Grant" that claims to support young people starting their own business. 


The recently-appointed Minister of Higher Education and Training has updated the public on the progress he's made in this first 19 days as Minister - and laid out plans for the future of the post-school education and training sector under his leadership. 


TVET Month has been launched as a way to promote the technical college route to young people who are planning their lives after school. More than half a million students are already taking TVET courses and the sector hopes that this will continue to grow. 


After many weeks of being in the news for all the wrong reasons, Nobuhle Nkabane has been sacked as Minister of Higher Education and the long-serving Deputy has been promoted.

 


All Matric students must have a valid ID card to write the final Matric exams this year.  Home Affairs is making special arrangements to assist Matric students to get their ID cards in time. 


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Post-Matric Options

 

We helped you with past papers for your matric exams, so hopefully you are happy with your Matric results. So now you are faced with a lot of post-matric options that can shape your future paths. You might want to study law, teaching, or nursing. Of course studying is expensive so we have helpful advice about student loans, NSFAS bursaries, Fundi loans, ISFAP, and lots of other funding options.

These options range from pursuing higher education at universities , TVET Colleges or  private colleges, finding student accommodation, entering vocational training programs (like Learnerships and internships), joining the workforce, or even starting your own business. There are so many choices but we are here to help.

 


 

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Applying for your Smart ID Card has gotten even easier as you can now apply online via e-Home Affairs. Here is how to apply, upload documents and pay for your application all from the comfort of your own home.


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