As we celebrate International Literacy Day, it’s important that adult learners aren’t left left behind. The lockdown has curtailed face-to-face lessons, but companies in the adult literacy space are pivoting to online learning
Only a few households have access to the internet and students and learners , but educators can find ways to improve reading for meaning and digital knowledge
The gross domestic product numbers are likely to be gloomy, but the economy is not at ground zero
The ‘unmasked’ are arrested during early morning patrols, taken to police stations and charged a ‘bond’
Fewer people are getting tested for HIV than last year. People are also battling to access chronic medication. These are some of the lasting effects of the lockdown and the coronavirus pandemic
‘If we build better systems and ask the right questions and frame things in the right way, it may help us reduce incidences of corruption’
AG Kimi Makwetu’s ‘real-time’ audit of contracts and relief schemes indicate ‘a higher risk of fraud and abuse of funds’
The coronavirus lockdown has added new dimensions to a decades-long struggle for electricity in the far west of Soweto, where residents have challenged the situation fiercely in recent weeks
Comorbidities, particularly noncommunicable diseases have been put into the spotlight during the Covid-19 pandemic. How we approach preventing NCDs in the future will depend on how the effects of the coronavirus are framed
Online learning will play a bigger role going forward but universal access is essential: all students must have computers and data