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The Eastern Cape health department may have found a new approach that will result in expediting compensation payments to former mineworkers diagnosed with silicosis and other related ailments.

The classroom fits into a standard shipping container. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks A solar-powered computer lab in the Overberg town of Barrydale has opened up new opportunities for learners and students who have little or no access to the internet. The Solar Learning Lab in Barrydale aims to provide students with learning opportunities where there is little or no access to the internet. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks The lab was set up in November by Net vir Pret, in partnership with the University of Ca...

Lab set up in a container in Barrydale 16 December 2020 - 09:39 By Ashraf Hendricks The Solar Learning Lab in Barrydale aims to provide students with learning opportunities where there is little or no access to the internet. Image: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks A solar-powered computer lab in the Overberg town of Barrydale has opened up new opportunities for learners and students who have little or no access to the internet. The lab was set up in November by Net vir Pret,...

. A solar-powered computer lab in the Overberg town of Barrydale has opened up new opportunities for learners and students who have little or no access to the internet. The lab was set up in November by Net vir Pret, in partnership with the University of Cape Town’s Students’ Health and Welfare Centres Organisation (SHAWCO) and sponsored by Dell Technologies. Net vir Pret will become a satellite campus of the Robertson Community Learning Centre. Net vir Pret runs the popular annual Barrydal...