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Why do learners have to use toilets that look like this?

Clean water and sanitation are human rights, but nowhere are these rights visible in Mthatha\xe2\x80\x99s Nyangilizwe Senior Secondary School.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

News

110 learners in one class in Eastern Cape school

An Equal Education pamphlet says, “The 2013 draft norms and standards fail to specify the amount of learners per classroom or the size of classrooms. Nothing in the draft addresses the problem of overcrowding or learner to teacher ratio.\xe2\x80\x9d An example of what the organisation means is the grade 9 class of Putuma Junior Secondary School (JSS) in the Mbhashe municipality in the Eastern Cape.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

Writers and leaders talk about terrible conditions in schools

Last week GroundUp's Mary-Anne Gontsana reported the terrible state of schools in the Eastern Cape she saw on the “solidarity visit” organised by Equal Education. Today she describes the impressions of some of the well-known South Africans who also participated.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

Metrorail security beats up commuter

Luke Turner was beaten up by Metrorail security guards last Monday for not having a ticket.

Margo Fortune

Khayelitsha toilet contractors not delivering

“The toilets are not very good. They are unstable and fall over a lot,” says Nomtheto Ndzime, a Khayelitsha resident, about the toilets provided by the City of Cape Town.

Fergus Turner

Opinion

Responding to criticism

The Democratic Alliance markets itself as an efficient and un-corrupt alternative to the ANC. It never hesitates to point out serious service delivery failures by the ANC. So it is interesting to see its responses to the Social Justice Coalition's criticisms of the City of Cape Town's handling of a major toilet supply contract in Khayelitsha.

Nathan Geffen

Sport

Gugulethu boy fulfilling his dream in Sweden

Sive Pekezela from Gugulethu plays right-wing for Swedish team Gefle IF. He is just 20 years old.

Margo Fortune

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Siyayinqoba Beat It! Ep. 5 - Cataracts

Cataracts are the main cause of blindness in South Africa, with approximately 300,000 people suffering from blindness due to cataracts. Loss of sight occurs when the lens becomes cloudy obstructing light from passing and being focused on to the retina at the back of the eye. Approximately 280,000 South African\xe2\x80\x99s do not have access to medical aid and many people living in rural areas are unaware that their reduced vision is being caused by cataracts, and that it can be cured by a simple operation.

Siyayinqoba Beat It!