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Sipho Mzakwe
"The school sold my lounge suite, microwave and fridge... it's now threatening to sell my house too". The household items of the parent...
Esther Ngumbi
In late March, Africa’s leading scientists, innovators, and policymakers met in Kigali, Rwanda, to brainstorm solutions to an increasingly pressing problem: the low quality of...
Nkateko Mabasa
On June 16, #FeesMustFall student activists gathered at the Apartheid Museum to hold a debate reflecting on the contested legacy of the Fallist...
Natasha Robinson
History may soon be a compulsory school subject until Grade 12 in South Africa. A task team established by the country’s minister of...
Nhlanhla Mpofu and Lizette J de Jager
There’s a big difference between what prospective teachers learn at university and what they find when they enter the world...
Alan Christoffels
It’s been a recurring refrain: Africa still lags woefully behind the rest of the world in generating new scientific knowledge.
As figures collated by the World...
Mosibodi Whitehead
One of the most serious challenges in delivering sporting opportunities to all South African children of school going age is the lack of...
