Monthly Archives: March, 2018

Rebecca Y. Bayeck When most of us think about learning, we imagine a teacher and a classroom. In reality most of the things we know,...

Nicole De Wet Young people around the world are encouraged to get involved in extracurricular activities. These range from choirs and drama clubs to sports...

Craig Blewett It’s a rather impressive, if controversial, resume for a teenager: blamed for the election of Donald Trump, increased divorce rates, rising syphilis cases, and the advent of...

Michael Gaotlhobogwe and Adri Du Toit The African continent is home to a large number of young people – and it simply doesn’t have jobs for them all. Youth...

H. Ekkehard Wolff Africa is the home of 2144 languages. Oddly, most development theoreticians consider this a barrier to economic and social growth. Sociolinguists and educationists...

Sioux McKenna Universities in many parts of the world are buckling under multiple financial, societal and political demands. This has led to increasingly loud calls...

Benta A. Abuya Eight years of research in low-income neighbourhoods of Nairobi have opened my eyes to the significant role of school, family and community...

The South African Reserve Bank has placed a small bank – VBS Mutual Bank – under curatorship. The decision was based on concerns that the...

Adam de Paor-Evans Veteran American hip hop group Public Enemy need no introduction when it comes to paradigm shifts in that music genre. From the moment leader...

Mary-Anne Gontsana Michael Komape 's father is determined to “fix” schools in Limpopo, he started with school libaries. Michael’s lifeless body was discovered by his mother...