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SA soldiers also need education Thandisizwe Mgudlwa April 26, 2012 Education, Featured, Government Leave a comment Image: Wikimedia By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains “It is not sufficient to merely train military personnel today; they also need to be educated. A solid understanding of the legal, political, social and economic terrain is essential.” These words belong to Prof Lindy Heinecken, Associate Professor of Sociology at StellenboschUniversity. She is to present a workshop on military leadership and training at the upcoming Land Forces Africa conference and exhibition in Johannesburg next month. Prof Heinecken feels that landward forces in Africa face specific challenges within the next 20-30...

Germany and SA strengthen ties on science and technology Thandisizwe Mgudlwa April 20, 2012 Featured, Government, Partnerships, Science, TechnologyLeave a comment Image: Wikimedia By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains Engineering giants Germany have strengthened ties with South Africa in developing their science and technology portfolio. The agreement aims to strengthen science, technology and innovation (STI) cooperation and collaboration in cutting-edge research between the two countries. This announcement was made during the German-South African Year of Science 2012/2013 in Cape Town, and themed “Enhancing Science Partnerships for Innovation and Sustainable Development.” The two countries committed themselves to building initiatives to strengthen their...

Edexcel invests in SA’s technological education environment Thandisizwe Mgudlwa April 13, 2012 Education, Featured, Innovation, Technology Leave a comment By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains EDEXCEL is embarking on yet another of it’s major projects aimed at taking education to greater heights. This time around the plan is to use technology for the creation of an adaptive education environment in South Africa among other countries. Edexcel is the UK’s largest awarding body offering the joint currencies of academic and vocational qualifications in the UK and across 112 countries worldwide including Southern Africa. It works alongside schools, colleges and employers to offer...

BRICS reaching out to Africa Thandisizwe Mgudlwa March 28, 2012 Business, Commerce, Featured, Government Leave a comment Image: Wikimedia By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains Just when some thought that South Africa’s inclusion in the BRIC bloc had nothing to show.  Think again. Since SA’s official joining of the fastest growing economies of the world which are Brazil, Russia, India and China, now called BRICS, on April last year, not much appeared to have happened. Not at least for the masses in SA and in the rest of Africa. But now there’s new movement it seems. The BRICS Africa Export Import Forum is...

Oil and gas must benefit all Africa’s people – experts say Thandisizwe Mgudlwa March 15, 2012Business, Energy & Power Generation, Featured, Mineral & Natural Resources Leave a comment Image: Wikimedia By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains It’s the premier Oil and Gas forum where the leaders in these industries deliberate on the going-ons while building on for Africa’s promising future. Now in it’s 5th year the Oil and Gas Africa 2012 Conference shows signs of growing into a world renowned event with exhibitions, seminars, workshops, courses of internationally accepted standards. So these industrialist and business professionals came down to the most...