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These businesses support MyPE: MyPE supports PE business: … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth in the News on 25 October 2013

The AIDC Eastern Cape scooped Productivity SA’s award for “Productivity Improvement Excellence” in the Corporate Sector for 2013 at a function at the Beach Hotel in Port Elizabeth on Thursday 24 October 2013. The AIDC, an agency of the ECDC, was named as finalist in the corporate section for Eastern Cape nominees following a rigorous adjudication process which included the … [Read more...] about AIDC Scoops Productivity Award

Android tablets and MXit testing provided an über-modern approach to learning maths and science for 530 Grade 10 to 12 pupils from 80 previously-disadvantaged schools. They were exposed to the technology as part of a one-year pilot study linked to Saturday maths and science “incubator” schools, which were run by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Govan Mbeki Mathematics … [Read more...] about Benefiting from Tablets

Growing up in the dusty, rural village of Gaphaahla, Limpopo, surrounded by female relatives who were all domestic workers, Setlogane Manchidi could easily have followed the same path as most of the village men and become a gardener. Instead, he had teachers who saw potential in him – and a mother who never stopped telling him education was important – which led to his pursuing … [Read more...] about A little thank you goes a long way

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) eased to 6% in September, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said today. CPI rose to 6% year-on-year in September after rising to 6.4% in August. The 6.4% rise was above the Reserve Bank’s target range of between 3% and 6%. The figure was in line with market expectation. “On average, prices increased by 0.5% between August 2013 and September … [Read more...] about CPI slows in September