By Corlé Venter | Let’s get physical Regular physical activity can improve your muscle strength and boost your endurance. Exercise delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and helps your cardiovascular system work more efficiently. And when your heart and lung health improve, you have more energy to tackle daily chores.…

A Glimpse Into the Future It's the year 2025. You begin your day by drinking your morning cup of coffee in Belgium, visit family in Australia, fight aliens on Mars during your lunch break, and attend live lectures in London—all from the comfort of your office in Cape Town. This…

By Louis Neilson | As Josh Taylor puts it, in Half•Alive’s song ‘Rest’, “Living busy isn't giving you your worth.” Our goal for this week has been to help our Construct colleagues understand the concept and value of resting more. Relaxation is often misunderstood with a common misconception that rest is a…

By Elle Olivier | I never played with dolls when I was a kid. I had dolls, but I didn't play with them. It would frustrate my mom endlessly. I would beg for a new doll, rip open the packaging, put the doll in the dollhouse, and leave her there…

Education and Technology Education and technology have always influenced each other. With advances in technology, we usually see parallel advances in education, as new technologies are used for educational purposes. A particular historical example of this was the invention of the printing press in 1440, which enabled a dramatic increase…

By Ross Taylor | Higher education is critical to our social and economic success; it empowers people to become capable, well-educated, and skilled citizens who can compete in a sustainable, diversified and knowledge-intensive international economy. The ever increasing demand for quality knowledge has grown to the point where accessibility has become…

By Sinethemba Nomatye | For the past year, our lives have changed in a drastic way in which we did not see coming where we had to change the way we live, the way we work, and our daily lives because of the deadly virus called Covid-19. Everything that we used…

By Carmenita Oersen | I began my Master’s journey during the year that I saw the world go into lockdown due to Covid-19. This meant no contact sessions, no physical presence on campus, and initial struggles accessing the university’s portals as they restructured for the new “normal” and developed ways for…

  By Firdous Sonia Butoni | “Why do I need to know this?” If you've asked this question during a class you were taking you surely are not alone. One of the implications of education is the disconnect between what is taught in class and what learners encounter in the…

By David Atherstone | Before I begin, I need to acknowledge that this is not a one size fits all approach. I realize that companies require office space for their business to run in the manner it was designed. My articles' main focus is on Construct and the tech industry at…

By Cara O'Malley | I fully believe that online learning has the power to democratize education and change the world. We’ve never had a time like this before. One where humankind’s collective knowledge is a click away and ever-growing. One where sifting through information is as easy as a Google search and…

By Ofentse Mabiletsa | Studying and going to school has become a chore. Personally, I day-dreamed through school and university. Apart from not understanding why I was going to school except to ”get a job,” I was bored and frustrated 88% of my school life. Until a few months ago, I…

By Laura Meredith | I started my new job at Construct in July when South Africa was in Level 3 of our lockdown. By that time, most businesses had moved to a fully remote setup. I had spent more time talking to my plants than other humans, and I hadn’t met…