As organisations increasingly adopt artificial intelligence, 2025 will see domains that emerge as complementary skills, including data, security, architecture, auto coding and prompts.
There are 13 award categories and all entries must be in by 24 January.
Some 200 youths from communities in the Western Cape have receive cyber security content licences.
Basic education and sci-tech deputy ministers commit to ensuring business supports the advance of STEM education in schools.
Participants learned practical skills like working with stakeholders, defining business needs and improving processes.
Higher education minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane urges eligible students to submit their online applications for NSFAS funding before the 15 December closing date.
One of its programmes, the In2Intellectuals Skills Programme, has provided training for more than 200 unemployed learners in ICT and engineering fields.
Through online courses and virtual classrooms, learners can access resources and engage with educators regardless of location, says Mpilonhle Gumede, part of the Pre-Sales Team at ETS Group.
Check Point reports that the education sector was the most targeted globally in 2024.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi opens a new science, technology, engineering and mathematics lab at the University of Limpopo.
The awards were presented by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the Technology Innovation Agency.