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6th of December 2017
Expats choose SA for adventure and quality of life
Johannesburg, 23 November 2017 – Globally mobile individuals, also known as expatriates or ‘expats’, who choose to live and work in South Africa, cite the adventure (74%), a better quality of life (72%), or to gain international experience (67%) as their reasons for accepting assignments in the country. These reasons are likely to be similar for expats living and working throughout Africa, given the continent’s rapidly evolving markets and abundant natural beauty.
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Johannesburg, 5 December – On Saturday, 2 December, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) celebrated the graduation of their 2017 Matric Class affectionately referred to as the “O-Mavericks”.
The graduation ceremony held special significance as this year marks the 10th anniversary of OWLAG. OWLAG was born from a pledge by Ms. Oprah Winfrey to former president Nelson Mandela to provide a world-class educational platform for marginalised girls that will nurture a new generation of dynamic leaders. Inspired by Nelson Mandela’s emphasis on education, The Academy has welcomed talented, underprivileged girls to a new lifestyle; a world filled with knowledge, social skills and possibilities, and is proud to maintain a 100% matric pass rate.
During the annual event, Ms. Winfrey gave the keynote address: “It’s been ten years, but it feels like it’s been forever and I mean that in the best way because it feels as though this school has always been a part of my life. I have spent a lifetime thinking ‘how do I give back what was given to me?’ I consistently think about how to provide the best facilities, the best teachers, the best staff, the best curriculum, the best experiences that will grow our girls into the women that I know that they deserve to be – it’s an ongoing process.”
“We are incredibly proud of these young women who have been steadfast in their commitment to their studies during their time at OWLAG and have already begun to make a tangible difference in their own communities,” says Melvin King, Head of the Academy. “We are confident that they will go on to achieve great success in their tertiary education and beyond.”
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Continent-wide skills development initiative on track to achieve target of 5 million youth trained well ahead of 2025 deadline
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – December 05, 2017 – With an ambitious target of training half a million African youth between 18 and 25 October, Africa Code Week again this year exceeded all expectations by empowering 1.3 million youth across 35 countries with basic coding skills. This is also a 203% increase over the 2016 iteration, which had seen nearly 427 000 youth trained across 30 African countries.
Launched in 2015 by SAP CSR EMEA in partnership with the Cape Town Science Centre and the Galway Education Centre, Africa Code Week is an award-winning initiative that is now actively supported by UNESCO YouthMobile, Google, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 15 African governments, over 100 partners and 100 ambassadors across the continent.
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According to the Establishment Survey 2017, just under one third of South African adults (15+) live in rural areas. In the past 7 days, 90% of rural dwellers have watched TV, 86% have listened to the radio, 17% have read a newspaper and 6% have read a magazine. (Establishment Survey 2017) (Source: www.Eighty20.co.za)
