Baphumelele Children's Home is a home for children who are orphaned, abandoned, abused or neglected. It is located in Khayelitsha's Site B, Z section.
Nokubonga Yawa
News | 17 October 2012
Next month young activists will attempt to make Bhisho the centre of the world. Members of Equal Education (EE) will be present throughout the duration of a court case aimed at securing infrastructure standards for every school in South Africa.
Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 17 October 2012
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has announced a customised draft plan for each school recommended for closure.
GroundUp staff
Brief | 17 October 2012
Approximately a thousand people marched to the Provincial Legislature building on Friday 5 October, which was also International Teachers Day, in protest against the closure of 27 schools in the Western Cape by MEC for Education, Donald Grant.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 10 October 2012
Sbu Jakavula is 14 years old. He lives in Du Noon township. He does not go to school. Instead he sells furniture from an informal stand.
Nokubonga Yawa
News | 3 October 2012
In a little over a month Equal Education (EE) head to the Bhisho High Court, to continue their fight for minimum norms and standards, and they are pulling out all the stops.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 3 October 2012
This is an edited version of a speech that was delivered on 15 September at a march in Cape Town against the proposed closure of 27 schools.
Ntshadi Mofokeng
Opinion | 19 September 2012
In 2011, a new Backlogs Grant was introduced. The National Treasury allocated R700 million to it. The grant's main purpose was to eradicate inappropriate structures and mud schools as well as the provision of basic services to schools such as water, electricity and toilets.
Yoliswa Dwane
Opinion | 18 September 2012
South Africa's tag rugby team recently visited a township school, Masiphumelele primary school, in Makhaza, Khayelitsha. This was a very exciting visit for the learners of Masiphumelele, who only get to see the Bokke on television.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 17 September 2012