The Kuunda STEAM hackathon targets under-resourced schools to ensure no learner is left behind. Standard Bank Group, in partnership with the Kuunda Disrupt Programme and Gordon Road Girls’ School, has launched the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) coding challenge in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). According to a statement, the initiative brings together 21 quintile level…
Frans du Toit High School has received a fully equipped robotics and coding classroom, thanks to a partnership between Palabora Mining Company (PMC) and LH Marthinusen (LHM), which aims to boost digital skills education and development in Phalaborwa. Supplied image This initiative forms part of a broader socioeconomic development commitment by both organisations to uplift…
South Africa’s youth unemployment rate reached 62.4% in the first quarter of 2025 — the highest in three years. While joblessness grows, the country faces a widening gap in high-level digital skills, with an estimated 77,000 critical roles unfilled and over 300,000 tech jobs outsourced abroad. Image supplied Digital skills gap blocks economic opportunity Despite…
