Education
School that grows its own food feeds hundreds daily
Levana Primary is located in Cape Town’s economically depressed Lavender Hill
News | 26 October 2020
Rural Eastern Cape school, built with donations, battles to survive
Provincial education department blames contractor and dwindling budget for dilapidated state
Brief | 23 October 2020
Childcarers paid at last by Social Development
Many early childhood development centres have been starved of funds since March
Brief | 21 October 2020
A Cape Town mom couldn’t find a school for her autistic son. So she started one
Phumeza Booi Welisa hopes to turn her daycare facility into a registered ECD centre
News | 15 October 2020
Nearly two million learners still not receiving meals at school
Education department is expected to submit a detailed plan to court this week
News | 13 October 2020
The “Angels” who open their homes to children in need
These volunteers offer after-school care to hundreds of children
Feature | 8 October 2020
Child carers plead for help from Social Development
Many in Port Elizabeth have not recieved a salary since March
Brief | 7 October 2020
Learners are only attending this Uitenhage school once a week
Physical distancing impossible in current building, and department says construction on a new school can only be completed next year
Brief | 30 September 2020
Hungry children go hunting to get food
Without daily school meals, children do odd jobs or hunt pigeons and rabbits to get lunch
News | 16 September 2020