Gauteng Business 2017-18 edition
Gauteng Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful annual journal, that has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province. Special features for 2017/18 include a focus on major new developments in the region’s metros, complemented by detailed overviews of the main economic sectors in South Africa’s most important provincial economy.
Gauteng Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful annual journal, that has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province. Special features for 2017/18 include a focus on major new developments in the region’s metros, complemented by detailed overviews of the main economic sectors in South Africa’s most important provincial economy.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Schools<br />
The provincial government of<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> announced in <strong>2017</strong><br />
that since 2014 it has built 43 new<br />
schools, including classrooms<br />
with ICT facilities in existing<br />
schools. To 2019, a further 34 new<br />
schools will be erected, together<br />
with 1 200 laboratories and more<br />
than 470 school libraries.<br />
A particular library will be<br />
built because of the dedication<br />
of some young community activists.<br />
When protesters burnt<br />
down the township’s library in<br />
2015, members of the Mohlakeng<br />
Youth Movement decided that<br />
books were still needed so<br />
they started the Mohlakeng<br />
Underground Library, operating<br />
from a shack. The project has<br />
grown to become a literacy project<br />
and assistance is also offered<br />
with homework. The provincial<br />
government and the Rand West<br />
City Municipality will jointly ensure<br />
that a new library is built for<br />
the community by June 2019.<br />
Pupil numbers suggest that<br />
even more schools need to be<br />
built: in 2016 <strong>Gauteng</strong> schools<br />
accepted two-million pupils.<br />
A growing trend is towards<br />
private schooling. Some of the<br />
new private schools are small<br />
and modest but the sector is also<br />
attracting investors and the two<br />
biggest brands are growing fast.<br />
JSE-listed ADvTECH has 24<br />
schools across five brands (from<br />
primary to high school) and nine<br />
tertiary colleges in the province.<br />
Schools include Trinity House<br />
and Crawford College while<br />
the tertiary offering includes an<br />
The administration building at Pretoria University.<br />
advertising school (Vega), a chef’s academy (Capsicum) and a<br />
Varsity College.<br />
Curro Holdings is also listed on the JSE and is rapidly growing<br />
its portfolio of schools. In <strong>Gauteng</strong>, Curro already has 34 schools.<br />
Branching out into the tertiary sector is next on the agenda, and this<br />
will happen partly through acquisitions, such as that of Curro Embury<br />
College. The tertiary division will list separately. Two tertiary campuses<br />
will open in Johannesburg and Pretoria in early 2008.<br />
A funding agreement with Old Mutual Investment Group SA<br />
(OMIGSA) and the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) will see Curro<br />
roll out 11 low-fee independent schools in the years to 2019. These<br />
will be called Meridian Independent Schools.<br />
CONTACT INFO<br />
Council of Higher Education: www.che.ac.za<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> Department of Education: www.education.gpg.gov.za<br />
National Department of Basic Education: www.education.gov.za<br />
National Department of Higher Education and Training:<br />
www.dhet.gov.za<br />
National Department of Science and Technology: www.dst.gov.za<br />
National Research Foundation: www.nrf.ac.za<br />
Southern African Regional Universities Association:<br />
www.sarua.org<br />
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