Zoë Postman and Ashraf Hendricks
Judge Ian Farlam’s Marikana Commission report was scathing about the housing conditions of Lonmin’s employees. He wrote: “Lonmin’s failure to comply with its housing...
Subethra Pather
The opening up of South Africa’s universities after the end of apartheid has proved to be a double-edged sword. Enrolment figures have doubledfrom close...
Staff Reporter
Lethabo Mokoena started his shoe-cleaning business at the age of 23.
He was at his friend’s house in Daveyton, a township in the Ekurhuleni...
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...
