Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has strongly condemned violent student protests at some universities in the country.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will next month during the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) announce how National Treasury will fund the university fees shortfall.

The US Embassy in Pretoria is inviting interested South African candidates to apply for the 2017 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship.

A meeting of career counsellors in Pretoria is expected to improve the support given to youth to help them get ready for the world of work.

Government has invited citizens around the country to use Thusong Service Centres to empower themselves with information, especially on government services.

Universities will individually decide on the fee increases for 2017 academic year, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande announced on Monday.

National Treasury has told members of Parliament that instead of exempting a VAT tax on sanitary pads, government departments should budget for them and give them away to members of the public, including schools, for free.

Government has created more than 2.3 million jobs through various incentives in the past five years, says the Department of Trade and Industry (dti).

With just over a month to go until tertiary student hopefuls sit for their matric exams, the Department of Basic Education says it's all systems go for this year’s Grade 12 National Senior Certificate examinations.

Three thousand trainees contracted for the War on Leaks project have started training at Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges.