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    The burning questions on #FreeEducation government needs to answer

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    Since the announcement by President Jacob Zuma in December of free education for the poor and working class, there’s been a lot of confusion...

    School learner placement dogs the Gauteng education department

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    The start of every academic year in Gauteng is usually accompanied by the news that many learners are without a place in a school....

    Beyond FMF: The first in their families to go to university

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    South Africa’s higher education sector has been rocked over the last two years as the Fees Must Fall protests at universities, colleges and technikons...

    Doc-U-Mentally: A review and reflection on junior doctors in South Africa

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    If you're a doctor, or a patient, or you know someone who's a doctor or who's been a patient in a South African public...

    A letter to the first years who carry burdens heavier than...

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    Iviwe Fakela, a medical student at the University of Cape Town, has some words of encouragement for incoming first-year university students, especially those who...

    Journalist Abra Barbier on journalism in South Africa in 2020

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    The experienced journalist opened up in her private capacity on the turmoil in the industry.  What is your background? I started out as an intern in...

    From Reading Crisis To Reading Culture

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    The importance of reading cannot be overstated. Words and stories are woven into the fabric of the progress of a society. In South Africa,...

    Joburg private school accused of racism after allegedly kicking out black...

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    MEC for education Panyaza Lesufi visited a Johannesburg school to investigate allegations of racism after a group of black girls was ordered to leave...

    We need a better action plan to combat racism in schools

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    Reports of racism in South African schools are common. The most recent report of racism was at Cornwall Hill College in Pretoria where learners...

    The Mbegu Platform: Helping The Youth Find Solutions To Problems In...

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    South Africa is failing its youth - particularly its poor youth. Despite the ability of young people to creatively pose solutions to the problems...

    Five takeaways from Mamdani’s UCT lecture on decolonising education

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    On Tuesday celebrated decolonial scholar Mahmood Mamdani returned to UCT, an institution he once accused of becoming “a new home for Bantu education”. After...

    Beyond FMF: The Do-Gooders and World-Savers

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    South Africa’s higher education sector has been rocked over the past two years as the Fees Must Fall protests at universities, colleges, and technikons...

    Systemic Prejudice In The UK, And Visa Refusals for African Academics

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    COMMENT Accusations of institutional racism continue to be directed towards the United Kingdom’s Home Office following a parliamentary inquiry concerning disproportionate denials of visit visas...

    Prioritise education Mr Finance Minister

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    Kagiso Trust Chairperson Mankone Ntsaba expresses her views on how the Finance Ministers' budget speech neglected education. Our education system is as much a threat...

    Why are our schools unsafe for LGBTQI+ children?

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    LGBTQI+ South Africans face discrimination on a daily basis, despite constitutional protections. Whether they are at school, out shopping for groceries or being denied...

    Disappointed but not surprised: the shortcomings of the Fees Commission report

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    The Fees Must Fall movement emerged in 2015 through university students who felt that higher education was an inalienable right no one should pay...

    Zulaikha Patel: How We All Wish We Were You

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    I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like it. The little girl - now known to all as Zulaikha Patel - standing in...

    AlexFM station manager: “Alexandra was silenced yesterday morning”

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    AS TOLD TO Four community radio stations were attacked and looted in Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal this week. The ongoing #ShutdownSA protest targeted Mams Radio in...

    EThekwini Municipality to Launch a New City Library Facility in Galleria...

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    EThekwini Municipality, through a private-public partnership with Galleria Mall in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban, is set to open a new city library soon. Located...

    If you were arrested during #FeesMustFall you might have a criminal...

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    People who were arrested during #FeesMustFall protests may be in for a nasty surprise when applying for jobs or international studies if it turns...