The National Clearing House on Youth Employment (NCYE) urgently needs to employ a Project Director to co-ordinate the implementation,
management and sustainability efforts of the project.
Gender Links, a Johannesburg-based NGO specialising in gender and the media in Southern Africa, is seeking a suitably qualified programme officer for an initial one year contract.
An audit of funds collected by public primary schools was ordered by the President yesterday as debate raged over whether or not pupils should pay school fees. The audit, to be carried out by the Education Ministry, will lay bare how schools spend money collected from parents.
The latest South Africa Survey shows that enrolment numbers of African students and the awards they receive are on the rise, but this educational transformation is not benefiting ‘historically black' universities, and African graduates tend to be confined to specific disciplines.
Children are the victims of a shocking 41% of all rapes and attempted rapes reported in South Africa. But only 9% of child rape cases result in a conviction. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), over 15% of rapes are committed against children under the age of 11. A further 26% of all reported rapes are committed against children between the ages of 12 and 17.
