
South Africa is gearing up for one of the most significant overhauls of its post-school education and training system since democracy.
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela is seeking to expand the role of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges to tackle massification pressures.
But first he has his eye on modernising higher education law, which he said had barely shifted since the late 1990s.
Manamela said the country must “engineer the system for the next 30 to 50 years”, noting that the country’s National Development Plan (NDP) extended to only 2030.
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Hayibo! – wow! [Hai-bo] Derived from the Zulu word meaning “definitely not!” This word is usually expressed on its own, at the start or end of a sentence when something seems incredible.Example: “Hayibo! Ha! Ha! I can’t believe that!”
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