Janette Bennett

Drowning is a major cause of death in South Africa, where far too many people cannot swim, writes Janette Bennett A howling wind is bringing rain. It’s cold. But that does not…

If the schools can’t come to the museums, the museums will go to the schools, writes Janette Bennett In the Eastern Cape, most of the 6 000-plus schools are nowhere near a…

The community of an Eastern Cape school have worked miracles, writes Janette Bennett You won’t know you have found Sandi Senior Secondary School. There is no sign at the gate,…

Two principals are bridging a chasm far wider than the Buffalo River valley that separates their schools, writes Janette Bennett George Randell Primary principal Hilton Williams…

Business responded to Nelson Mandela’s call to help build schools in the Eastern Cape, but what has become of these noble efforts? Janette Bennett reports When Nelson Mandela…

There’s something joyous ringing in the air: the sound of 2 400 children from 169 schools all over the country marching through the streets in brass bands, accompanied by…