by Hugh C.n. Miller | Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
When Madiba was guest of honour at the 1996 graduation of ORT SA Technology students, he said, “One tool that will enable people to rise above their circumstances is education, particularly education that leads to the acquisition of marketable tools.” We...
by Hugh C.n. Miller | Jun 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
BOOST EQUALITY IN EDUCATION ORT SA launches the ‘ORT2Connect the Unconnected’ Campaign A new drive to help South African learners cross the digital divide has been launched by educational NGO, ORT South Africa, which is urging the public to donate devices...
by Hugh C.n. Miller | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Yes, the Youth are Making It There is an old African proverb saying “mountains don’t meet but they meet through their shadows” meaning “if it looks impossible it does not mean it’s impossible”. This sums up this story of a young man born and bred in the under...
by Hugh C.n. Miller | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
When the original Blade Runner movie was screened in 1982, it went almost unnoticed. But the Ridley Scott adaptation of a Philip K Dick novel quickly became a cult favourite, and then acknowledged as a seminal vision of our future urban landscape. That being the case,...
by Hugh C.n. Miller | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Last year, we promised a series of Career Guidance talks and we have actually done more than that. We have, in fact, developed the ORT SA CareerHub,” says Ariellah Rosenberg, ORT SA’s CEO, who is the visionary behind the idea. Through a series of talks and workshops,...