“Mamma, mamma, you’re famous. I saw you on television!” This was how eight-year-old Noah Bennett greeted his mother, Sister Milanie Bennett, when she arrived home in Brackenfell on Wednesday, February 17.
Earlier that day, Bennett had watched President Cyril Ramaphosa’s eyes widen as she inserted a needle into his arm at the Khayelitsha District Hospital in Cape Town. In doing so, she set the ball rolling on an implementation study that has so far seen over 100 000 healthcare workers vaccinated.
“The next day at school Noah read in the newspaper that his mother had made history by vaccinating the president,” Bennett recalls. “When I got home from work, he said to me: ‘Mum, you made it into the history books!’ He was so proud. I think he was the happiest of us all.”
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The Department of Higher Education says it will assist students still in need of places.
The department has also extended the registration period for first year students due to delays in NSFAS concluding their funding eligibility.
Higher education and training institutions have received thousands of applications, in excess of the available spaces for various programmes.
Universities across the country are gearing up for the 2021 academic year following a challenging 2020 amid Covid-19.
On Monday, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Blade Nzimande announced that registration for first-time students would be extended by two weeks due to delays in the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) confirming funding eligibility.
Varsities ready for new student intake
By Bulelwa Payi
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UNIVERSITIES are set to reopen this month and preparations to welcome new students are under way.
The institutions said they would continue offering hybrid tuition as the country fights the Covid-19 pandemic.
Basic Education Minister Angile Motshekga announced the 2020 matric results earlier this week which reflected a 76.2% pass rate.
The University of Cape Town said it had space to enrol 4 200 first-year students, while Stellenbosch university could take as many as 5 200.
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) said at this stage it had place for 7 370 first year students in its undergraduate courses.
Eastern Cape teen a step closer to becoming the first chartered accountant in her family
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An Eastern Cape girlâs dream of becoming the first chartered accountant in her family could come true after she was awarded a full scholarship by the Eric and Charmaine Mabuza Scholarship Foundation.
Nazi Kalase, 17, is one of the 26 students who have been granted full-time university scholarships by the organisation in partnership with Ithuba, the national lottery operator.
Nazi, Centane, Eastern Cape, is the firstborn in a family of three siblings and lives with her mother. She matriculated from the Zingisa Comprehensive High School.
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