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    Protecting religion in schools protects the identities of learners

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    In June the South Gauteng High Court ruled that religious practices may be observed by learners and educators at public schools, but a public...

    The top five issues Kenyan youth want addressed now

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    Acording to statistics from thinktank youthpolicy.org, 75% of the Kenyan population is below 30 years old. They are considered the future of the country,...

    Trade, Tourism and Education: China’s impact on South Africa is growing

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    Over the past decade, South Africa has continued to strengthen its ties with the People's Republic of China. The country could stand to gain...

    Big business urged to step up and fill the gap between...

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    The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) has demanded (among other things) that the private sector be held accountable for the education of South...

    Looting, alleged rape, and political interference: what’s happening at Unizulu?

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    Fresh scandal has emerged at the University of Zululand (Unizulu), including allegations of financial mismanagement and claims that university staff raped a student. Unizulu was...

    Med students at University of Zimbabwe evicted for protesting 100% fee...

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    Hundreds of protesting medical students brought the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) to a standstill last week as they demonstrated against a fee hike that...

    Is the government really dropping pass rates for grades 7, 8,...

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    Education experts are sceptical of a department of basic education (DBE) proposal to lower the pass rates for grades 7, 8 and 9 to...

    ANCYL lobbying for free higher education by 2018 at ANC policy...

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    The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) has called for free higher education by 2018. Despite the outcomes looking unfavourable for those calling for free higher...

    New online platforms seek to flip the search for university funding...

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    The fees funding crisis in South Africa has encouraged the creation of new ways of crowdfunding and connecting students and funders. After the recent...

    The Fees Commission’s work is done, but fallists aren’t holding their...

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    The Fees Commission was due to complete their final report on the feasibility of free education at the end of June. On Thursday, Musa...

    What are the alternatives to transporting schoolkids in the back of...

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    In May this year, an amended national traffic regulation was passed, prohibiting bakkie drivers from transporting school children for payment. It has frustrated many...

    Court rules that public schools cannot promote one religion over others

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    Six schools that believed that a case by Ogod (Organisasie vir Godsdienste-Onderrig en Demokrasie) — seeking a court order to declare it unconstitutional for...

    The seven levels of procrastination we all know too well

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    It's exam season for campuses around South Africa and the struggle is real. It's a time of high pressure, stress and the need to...

    This self-published author wants children to take pride in their blackness

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    Thenjiwe Mswane is a young black queer womxn* that everyone should be talking about. Thenjiwe is a 27-year-old self-publishing author who just recently wrote...

    Feenix helps university students rise from the ashes of high fees

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    The #FeesMustFall protests highlighted that there are many students and families who are struggling to fund their university tuition. Some students, unable to get...

    Dear Adam Habib, I’m sorry some tweets hurt your feelings

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    Dear Professor Habib Twitter is an interesting platform. It allows a university, such as yours, to communicate with students in a slightly more casual way...

    Committee meeting on student protest policing finds inadequately trained private security...

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    Greater cooperation between police and universities is needed during student protests; police and universities also need to reexamine the role of private security in...

    Decolonising higher education is a very complex and necessary task

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    Calls for decolonised higher education in South Africa are calls for our next revolution, one that was instigated by Rhodes Must Fall movement. The...

    We are the children of liberation, the (un)free generation.

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    Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute's Vuyokazi Futshane reflects on the burdens on the (un)free generation in post-apartheid South Africa. In the wake of Youth...

    Racism at PMB Girls’ High goes further than the k-word

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    Alice Draper, who matriculated from Pietermaritzburg Girls' High School in 2015, reflects on the institutional racism at the school. She says that, despite regular...