Education
Every Saturday this small shack turns into a vibrant children’s book club
Philippi resident Sindeka Mandoyi started the Chosi-chosi book club in 2019 to share her passion for reading
News | 13 October 2023
Children in the Eastern Cape are not being fed enough at school
Some schools are not getting even the minimum funding from the National School Nutrition Programme
By Sonia A. Rao and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 28 September 2023
Early childhood development programmes should be part of free basic education
Only a third of children in SA are enrolled in ECD programmes
Opinion | 28 September 2023
The Education Minister promised all schools would have a library by 29 November - but there’s no chance that deadline will be met
Three quarters of public schools still don’t have libraries, in spite of a 2013 promise
By Sonia A. Rao
News | 21 September 2023
Simple games help children learn to read
Even a cereal box can be a useful teaching tool
By Liezl Human
Brief | 19 September 2023
This is what we can do to end the reading crisis
As the November 2023 deadline looms, 70% of public schools still don’t have libraries
Opinion | 7 September 2023
Learners’ complaints ignored at crumbling Tsakane school
“Every toilet has a crack,” says J.E Malepe Secondary learner Samkelo Mthethwa
Brief | 5 September 2023
Hopes pinned on Dr Naledi Mbude to turn around South Africa’s abysmal reading scores
Mbude is now Deputy Director-General for Special Projects including African language education, seen by many as a key to improving child literacy
News | 15 August 2023
VIDEO: This school was made from eco-bricks
This might be the country’s first such school
News | 14 August 2023