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Posts from the ‘Features’ Category

22
Mar
Eastern Cape Education

Education sub-commitee formed

Behind the poor Eastern Cape Education’s matric pass rate of 58,7% lies an even larger problem. There are many students that drop out of the system long before they reach matric. According to the NGO coalition only 36 kids out of every hundred make it to matric and then 40% of those don’t pass. Read moreRead more

22
Mar
MSC College

MSC College Turns 20

Recently a group of supporters and friends gathered at MSC College’s 20th birthday celebrations. MSC College was started by Cobus Potgieter way back in 1991 when he saw a gap in the market for quality “Further Education and Training”. Read moreRead more

22
Mar
Coins and plant, isolated on white background

Franchishing is good business, says development financier ECDC

Are you looking for an opportunity to start your own business? Do you think you have the passion and skills to run a successful business?  The booming franchise business in the Eastern Cape maybe the opportunity you have been waiting for. Read moreRead more

22
Mar
BNI

BNI celebrates international networking week

BNI, the business referral organisation, recently hosted a breakfast for all its members and invited guests to the Osner Hotel in East London as a way of celebrating International networking week. Read moreRead more

22
Mar
MAA

Master Artisan Academy

A NATION-WIDE skills shortage and a lack of trained artisans is being addressed right here in East London with the establishment of the new Master Artisan Academy of South Africa (MAASA). Read moreRead more

22
Mar
BIGFOOT EXPRESS

Bigfoot Express Freight – Past, present, future…

Bigfoot Express Freight (Pty) Ltd was initially founded in 1989 by husband and wife team CEO Sun Moodley and (MD) Rina Moodley, offering the next day service between Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Eastern Cape. Read moreRead more