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Attend the 7th Annual HR Africa Summit (Johannesburg, 5 - 8 October)
This is a reminder that the annual HR Africa Summit is just two weeks away, and for the first time is being combined with the annual Star HRD Exhibition, on the 5 - 8 October 2010, at the Sandton Convention Centre
Exhibit at The Star HR Summit & Expo - 5 to 7 October 2010
This is a reminder that the annual Star HRD Exhibition is now being organised by IIR Training, and combined with the HR Africa Summit, on the 5 - 7 October 2010.
AMT Agri Outlook Conference - 21 & 22 Sept 2010 (Pretoria)
The conference will focus on the future of agriculture in South Africa and the world. National and international delegates ranging from government, producers and producer organisations, agricultural businesses, media and other large role-players in the Southern African agriculture and economy are expected to attend this unique networking opportunity in South Africa.
The National Skills Development Handbook is now Available
The new 2010/11 edition of The National Skills Development Handbook is now available in Printed and eBook formats, as well as being fully updated. Its a massive 552 pages of beautiful, full colour A4 help, weighing 1,4 kg!). The Handbook is printed in full-colour, extensively illustrated with supporting charts and diagrams, and includes The National Training Directory with over 120 of the country’s leading HR & Training providers.
New 2010/11 Edition of The National Agricultural Directory
This is an announcement that the new edition of the National Agricultural Directory is now available. For those of you who prefer to work electronically, both the English and Afrikaans books will be available again on one CD.
QCTO Launches 23 February 2010!
The Quality Council for Trades & Occupations is set to be launched on 23 February 2010. Everyone in the skills development community has eagerly been awaiting this news since at least April 2009, when the QCTO Board was originally expected to be announced.
A Single Post-school Education & Training System Begins
"The bringing together of Higher Education Institutions, Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges, Adult Education and Training and the Skills Development Sector into a single Department of Higher Education and Training provides a powerful basis for addressing education and training in an integrated way." Minister of Higher Education & Training, Dr Blade Ndzimande
Imagine if Skills Development Worked?
Imagine for a moment a South Africa where education and training are living up to our expectations: South Africa has successfully pioneered an approach to skills development which sustainably drives a more even spread of its wealthy heritage, and which makes the gains of economic empowerment, permanent.
The New Skills Development System
2009 signals a major shift in the way we implement skills development in South Africa. No longer are we seeking to build a single education and training system to try and serve the widely differing needs of universities, schools, FET colleges and workplaces. No longer are we trying to force academics, employers, teachers, and workplace trainers into a single learning solution.
RainbowSA Goes Electronic
RainbowSA published its first book in the year 2000 - the National Training Directory. Now in 2009 it publishes its first electronic editions of its printed books, starting with the 2009/10 edition of The National Skills Development Handbook, and the 2009 edition of The National Agricultural Directory.
New RainbowSA Website
Welcome to our new website. Coinciding with the start of our sales campaign for the 2009 National Agricultural Directory, and the 2009/10 National Skills Development Handbook eBook, we have given our old site a complete makeover, and offer you a simpler and friendlier website.
