Civil society cannot solve the country’s literacy crisis on its own, because the scale is too vast and the resources required too substantial
Since 2020, the Eastern Cape Department of Education has retained about R5 billion from the budgets of its poorest schools, ostensibly for “centralised procurement”. Some of that money could have funded proven teacher support, classroom libraries, and access to abundant free digital resources – multiple times over. Rod Amner and Laney van Wyk report
The global order of years of diplomacy and peacebuilding can be flipped over by the cynical or power-hungry
Instead of replacing state capacity with grassroots action, we need to strengthen state institutions to serve the poor
The Makana Citizens Front brings together diverse groups with a focus on accountability
Despite fighting so hard for it, South Africans don’t seem to understand how democracy works
The SACP is not building socialism, or even social democracy. Sadly, it has become just another party advancing the politics of patronage
Citizen action, where diverse groups work together, offers hope that municipalities can be forced to do their job properly
This year’s National Arts Festival is going ahead despite the drought that is plaguing Makhanda