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Bantu Education

Brash photographer Ernest Cole revisited
Friday
/ 26 December 2022

Brash photographer Ernest Cole revisited

House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world

By Oupa Nkosi
African youth: Empowering the continent’s greatest asset
Africa
/ 23 June 2022

African youth: Empowering the continent’s greatest asset

Education is the best way to turn young people’s potential into realised achievements

By Christine Dube
Jonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture
Friday
/ 25 January 2021

Jonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture

Gwangwa’s love for the struggle was genuine and deep, never cosmetic – and he couldn’t have written an unattractive tune if he tried

By Gwen Ansell
Mandela said I could, so I got my doctorate
Article
/ 5 February 2020

Mandela said I could, so I got my doctorate

My mother was a domestic worker and my father a miner, and I went to school in the townships

By Motlalepule Nathane
Danger in restricting knowledge
Article
/ 26 April 2019

Danger in restricting knowledge

Secrecy and the selective education of a few led to the fall of the Ancient Egyptians

By Hlumelo Biko
Young people must take the baton from the heroes of 1976
Article
/ 28 June 2018

Young people must take the baton from the heroes of 1976

In the hope of creating a better South African future, the youth of today should look to the past

By Staff Reporter
20 years after the ‘Mamdani affair’, the old adversary rejoins UCT
Article
/ 5 June 2018

20 years after the ‘Mamdani affair’, the old adversary rejoins UCT

The academic who took on the university’s ‘bantu’ curriculum has returned, marking a ‘path towards decolonisation’

By Sarah Smit
Restore hope to SA’s democracy
Article
/ 20 October 2017

Restore hope to SA’s democracy

A better future is possible – but only if the scourge of inequality is banished

By Kgalema Motlanthe
Rethink role of technical colleges
Article
/ 18 August 2017

Rethink role of technical colleges

Germany is an example of how economic transformation 
could take place in South Africa

By Wandile Ngcaweni
A present with poor education leads to a future with no hope
Article
/ 3 February 2015

A present with poor education leads to a future with no hope

When the socks that need pulling up are absent, we must turn to leaders, the government, municipalities and citizens, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.

By Staff Reporter
Rededicating quality education
Article
/ 1 November 2013

Rededicating quality education

Winner: Investing in the Future Education Award — Tiger Kloof Educational Institution

By Staff Reporter
Bantu Education cannot continue to haunt us
Analysis
/ 24 October 2013

Bantu Education cannot continue to haunt us

The achievements of learners are still strongly (and sadly) linked to the circumstances of their birth, writes Annette Lovemore.

By Staff Reporter
Motshekga on Ramphele: She’s looking for a hobby
Article
/ 9 October 2013

Motshekga on Ramphele: She’s looking for a hobby

Angie Motshekga and Mamphela Ramphele have clashed again after the Agang SA leader’s fresh comments that education under apartheid was better in SA.

By Bongani Nkosi
Holomisa castigates ANC for upsetting Mandela family
Article
/ 14 June 2013

Holomisa castigates ANC for upsetting Mandela family

Bantu Holomisa has warned the ANC against making insensitive ­statements about the ­medical ­condition of former president Nelson Mandela.

By Charles Molele
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Analysis
/ 27 January 2012

Apartheid psychology persists in schools

Few people realise how far South Africa’s education system has come since the dawn of democracy in 1994.

By Andrew Verrijdt
UCT in war over ‘bantu education’
Article
/ 11 March 2011

UCT in war over ‘bantu education’

Students and academics question move to ‘close’ Centre for African Studies, writes <b>David Macfarlane</b>.

By David Macfarlane
No image available
Article
/ 20 June 2008

Keeping it reel

The story of the late Onkgopotse Tiro is told in a brooding documentary by Steve Mokwena called <i>A Blues for Tiro</i>.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 12 July 1991

Somafco pupils wait to come home

The Solo­mon Mahlangu Freedom College (Somafco) in Tanzania for South African refugees has recently closed.

By Weekly Mail Reporter

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