Sub-Saharan Africa’s young children are facing a developmental crisis
It's well established that when children have access to high quality early childhood development (ECD), they are more likely to break the cycle of...
The education system is leaving children with disabilities behind
On 17 August, social justice NGO Section 27 released a report entitled “Too Many Children Left Behind: Inclusion in the South African Inclusive Education...
DUT’s Messy Student Politics And Election Affairs
With the commencement of Student Representative Council elections at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), came tensions following complains from different student bodies that...
These Young Activists Are Working For Safer Schools
Lays dos Santos (18) has to leave home in the early parts of the morning to go to school or work every day. Travelling...
We need national buy-in with the distribution of free sanitary pads
The Kwazulu Natal Department of Education is distributing free sanitary pads to poor menstruating learners as part of an initiative that it launched last...
Racist St John’s teacher resigns after pressure from education MEC
A geography teacher at St John’s College (SJC) in Johannesburg, Keith Arlow, resigned on Friday for making racist comments and “bringing the school into...
Internship Programme Inspired By Mandela Launched By The Indian Ocean Rim...
The 18th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) has established an internship programme aimed at empowering young people, in honour of the late Nelson Mandela....
‘Radical economic transformation has been hijacked by a corrupt faction’
On Tuesday, Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions, spoke at 'A Decent Standard of Living' conference organised by the...
UCT will not be shut down on Wednesday morning
Plans to shut down the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Wednesday have been delayed in order to comply with labour laws. The South...
Why educating girl children is the key to economic growth in...
Educating Africa's girl children is more urgent than ever as the continent fast approaches a potential stage of social and economic development called a...
Government has no plan for student historical debt – yet
The free education plan that is expected to come into full effect this year was another major victory for the Fees Must Fall movement....
ANCYL lobbying for free higher education by 2018 at ANC policy...
The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) has called for free higher education by 2018. Despite the outcomes looking unfavourable for those calling for free higher...
Zuma’s free education announcement cautiously welcomed by student leaders
On Saturday, the Presidency announced a new higher education policy, which promised free education for TVET students, and a wide-ranging grant system for poor...
#TUTvoices: Students open up about why they want to study
On Thursday the Daily Vox visited Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria campus to chat to current and prospective students to find out about how...
The new ANC top six in a dilemma with Zuma’s free...
On Monday night, the African National Congress (ANC) finally concluded the election of the party top six. Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president of South...
Wits Strike Ends – Workers satisfied with outcome
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and other unions have been on strike...
“I Wanted To Dig Deeper Into Violence In Durban Township Schools”
Dr Zithobile Mkhize-Ngidi has been an educator for 24 years and having noticed a growing trend of violence in schools at uMlazi and KwaMakhutha...
Eusebius shows us we need academic justice as much as we...
This is the prepared text of the 2016 DCS Oosthuizen Academic Freedom Memorial Lecture that was delivered by Eusebius Mckaiser at the university currently...
Gauteng education’s court battle with an ‘Afrikaans-only’ school
The Gauteng department of education is in court over a placement controversy at an Afrikaans school. The school is trying to overturn a department...
Meet the girl who defied the odds and aced matric with...
Editor's note: This article and the accompanying image have been removed at the request of the matriculant’s family.
