Bitou Local Municipality is situated in the Western Cape Province and is part of the Eden District Municipality. The Category B Municipality is bordered by the Eastern Cape, as well as the George Municipality, the Kou-Kamma Municipality and the Knysna Municipality. Previously known as Plettenberg Bay Municipality, it is the easternmost municipality on the Western… Read More »
Sea Harvest was established in South Africa, on the Atlantic West Coast, Saldanha Bay in 1964. The company was founded by Pescanova, a Spanish-owned company, together with Southern Sea Fishing Enterprises and Imperial Cold Storage (ICS). The company is one of the biggest distributors and importers froze seafood products in South Africa. The Sea Harvest… Read More »
The OR Tambo District Municipality is named after Oliver Reginald Tambo, an anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who was president of the ANC from 1967 to 1991. It is one of 6 district municipalities and covers around 80% of previously marginalised homeland in the Transkei. Located to the east of the of Eastern Cape, the OR… Read More »
The Tiso Foundation was established in 2001 as a public benefit organization (PBO), with the aim of supporting youth development, education, and leadership in South Africa. To date, the Foundation has provided scholarship funding and invested in educational programs, to the value of over R100 million. They have changed the lives of more than 42… Read More »
John Thompson is an environmental solutions and boiler company who serve the industrial and power generation markets, both in South Africa and internationally. The company has 5 business units, including: Manufacturing, Industrial Watertube Boilers, Package Boilers, Air Pollution Control and Utility Boilers & Environmental. John Thompson’s history dates back to the Industrial Revolution in England,… Read More »
The Bergrivier Municipality is based in the Western Cape province of South Africa and located within the West Coast District Municipality. It is a local municipality that governs the towns of Velddrif, Piketberg, Porterville and surrounding rural areas and villages. The Bergrivier Municipality stretches over an area of more than 4400 square km, from the… Read More »
The University of Johannesburg was established in 2005 when a merger occurred between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University, and the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR). Below is a list of bursaries specifically for UJ students (current and prospective). See which bursaries are applicable to you and follow the… Read More »
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) was founded in 2005 when a merger occured between the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University (Vista PE) and PE Technikon. NMMU combines the best traditions of university and technikon education. The university educates around 27 000 students at any one time and has… Read More »
Aon plc was founded by Patrick Ryan in 1982, as the result of a merger between the Ryan Insurance Group and the Combined Insurance Company of America. However, it wasn’t until the year 1987 that the company changed its name to Aon, which means “one” in Gaelic. The professional services firm who provide retirement, health… Read More »
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) was formed in terms of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. On 16 December 2017, former president, Jacob Zuma, announced that the South African government would phase in “fully subsidized free higher education and training for poor and working-class South African students”. The funding would be phased in… Read More »