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Education for black people in SA is in a terrible state

Gugu Nonjinge On December 16, 2017, former president Jacob Zuma announced that government would be phasing in fully subsidised higher education and training for poor...

Judge dismisses damages claim for child who drowned in pit toilet

Ciaran Ryan   There was shock and disappointment this morning when Judge Gerrit Muller of the Polokwane High Court dismissed a claim for roughly R3 million...

Red tape is alienating academics from their own research and work

Keyan Tomaselli When South African academics want to set up a new degree module, they’re entering into a process that can take years to germinate....

Nigeria: Dangote Foundation Donates N120 Million Secondary School in Lagos

Premium Times The Dangote Foundation says it has donated a well-equipped secondary school in Lagos valued at N120 million ($330 000) as part of its...

500,000 kids not at school, say it’s ‘useless’

Prega Govender 570,000 children and teenagers were not attending educational institutions in 2016, including more than 45,400 who found education “useless or not interesting”. About 104,000...

Are ‘non-competitive sports days’ really better?

SA School Sport 57% of parents with children at primary school say school sports day have become more “non-competitive” than competitive and that they prefer...

Matric supplementary exams shifted to mid-year

Inside Education The Department of Basic Education has announced its decision to move matric supplementary exams. From 2019, the second national examination will take place between...

Decolonise science – time to end another imperial era

Rohan Deb Roy Sir Ronald Ross had just returned from an expedition to Sierra Leone. The British doctor had been leading efforts to tackle the...

South Africa’s most powerful nano-satellite sent off

Veronica Mohapeloa  The Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, yesterday participated in a ceremony to send off South Africa's second nanosatellite to India, where...

Grants for learner transport

Jan Bornman National Treasury has confirmed it is looking at making changes to the scholar transport funding model in South Africa. This comes after inputs from...

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