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Why education is expensive in South Africa

Siyabonga Hadebe Education is very expensive in South Africa. It costs a whopping R19,500 to R21,500 a year to attend an average government fee-paying school....

The case against free higher education: why it is neither just nor ethical

Sean Archer South Africa’s just-ousted Minister of Finance committed another R57 billion to higher education and training over the next three years. In his first (and last...

South Africa’s reading crisis is a cognitive catastrophe

John Aitchison When the late Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko published his seminal book, “I write what I like”, in 1978 it wasn’t about individual...

Financial literacy should be taught in schools

Mduduzi Luthuli I listened in on the radio as two women spoke about their financial woes. These women, both educated and both black professionals, spoke...

Design thinking can make kids see science – and themselves – differently

Keneilwe Munyai One of South Africa’s many complex challenges involves fixing and improving its education system. As part of this, the government has come up...

How the continent’s languages can unlock the potential of young Africans

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

World University Rankings ignore local contexts of universities, say experts

Alec Basson The legitimacy of World University rankings is often questioned because they don't consider the local contexts of higher education institutions, especially those in...

The beauty of informal education – Why teacher learners need a day out

Gugulethu K. Radebe After spending just over three years of my life as a teacher or a teacher’s aide, I learned a lot of lessons...

Free higher education in South Africa: cutting through the lies and statistics

Seán Mfundza Muller Public discussion about higher education funding in South Africa has been beset by numerous fictions and misunderstandings since the Fees Must Fall...

Some fear that e-learning will erode African knowledge. This isn’t true.

James Njenga When people discuss the challenges related to e-learning (the use of electronic technology to facilitate learning), they tend to focus on access. This...
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