South Africa is making its mark on business education internationally, with the UCT Graduate School of Business being rated as the best in Africa and the Middle East, with two other South African universities in the top five.

At the age of eight, Chadne Morkel told her mother: I never want to struggle like you. True to her word, she has just become 2011’s top-achieving Grade 12 at Christel House in Ottery, a school for disadvantaged children that boasts a matric pass rate that is way above the national averages. In 2011, all but one student passed unconditionally, 70.8% achieved a bachelor’s pass, and more than half the 2011 matriculants secured bursaries or learnerships.

Over 100,000 new jobs were created in December 2011, with temporary work growing the fastest, according to the Adcorp Employment Index released on Tuesday. A total of 103,327 new jobs were created in December 2011, the fastest rate of growth in nine months, Adcorp said in a statement.

Anglo American’s dedicated Corporate Social Investment (CSI) arm, the Chairman’s Fund, will provide financial assistance to South Africa’s Top Ten Grade 12 learners of 2011. The learners will receive a laptop package, including a printer, as well as cash to assist them with other expenses that may occur during their first year of tertiary education.