Education

For many matriculants, a gap year can sound deeply appealing after the pressure of their final school year.  Dingaan Moropane at Waterfall School of Business explains that having a completely unstructured year is rarely advisable. 

Landing your first job in the creative sector can be difficult when you’re competing against graduates with similar qualifications.  Avi Ramsundra from AAA School of Advertising has some practical advice for grads. 

The Central Applications Office, also referred to as CAO, is used by many colleges and universities in South Africa for applications. Here's which colleges and universities use CAO and other information you will need.

You can reap the benefits of effective conversational leadership in teams This and much more in the “License to Lead” programme

Matric exams are looming large for almost 900 000 South African learners who are on the final leg of their 12-year school journey.  SACAP has launched the new 8-episode vodcast, The Psychology of Matric, to help this year’s Matrics and their families with a roadmap for navigating the emotional landscape of final exams. 

Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP) offers skills development through practical training solutions for the public sector, designed to strengthen capacity and enhance operational effectiveness across key functional areas.

In this opinion piece from Chartall's Leigh-ann Revill she shares her views on the importance of entrepreneurial education for young people. 

If you are working towards a promotion at work, here's a course that gives you the skills you need and also allows you to demonstate to your bosses that you are ready for the next step up the ladder.  

It's application season, as many tertiary institutions have opened their applications for the 2027 academic year. If you're interested in studying nursing, the Western Cape College of Nursing is opening its application period. 

Tertiary education cannot guarantee employment or entrepreneurial success, but it really strengthen the foundations for the young people to work on. That's the view of Duncan Park, Registrar at Mancosa, who tells us why he thinks university-level studies are still vital for young people.