Special Needs

South Africa treats special needs children as an aside

Article Bongekile Macupe - 12 Feb 2020

Many children with special needs have never seen the inside of a classroom, as there are no schools where they live that cater to them. It’s extremely disheartening, particularly as access to education is a constitutional right

The silent struggle of special needs students in South Africa

Article James Nash - 11 Oct 2019

A special education teacher’s reflections on teaching demonstrate that a nationwide effort is needed to ensure no learner is left behind

Excellence in Special Needs Teaching

Article Thabo Mohlala - 8 Mar 2019

'Words cannot describe the emotions experienced by both learner and educator when a basic skill has been mastered'

Blind schooling in ‘shocking’ state

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Jun 2015

It's a national shame: our visually impaired children face appalling learning conditions.

No place for disabled children in KZN’s rural schools

Article bogdan TagDiv - 17 Oct 2014

A shortage of staff and dedicated educational facilities is depriving many with special needs of an education.

Teaching that embraces difference

Article Barbara Dale Jones - 7 Apr 2014

Education law and classroom mindsets are still not accommodating "disabled" pupils properly.

Disabled pupils’ hostel of horror

Article bogdan TagDiv - 30 Aug 2013

It's literally a case of the blind leading the blind at the crumbling Setotolwane special-needs school.

Electricity theft places special-needs school in peril

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 Aug 2013

Illegal connections are sucking a special-needs school dry and endangering staff and pupils.

Special needs an unrelenting fight

Article Mia Malan - 20 Apr 2012

A mother has described the extremely difficult path her family walks daily, caring for a child with a severe form of a speech-planning disorder.

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National

Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

National

Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

National

Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

Press Releases

NWU student receives international award

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.

Press Releases

Academic programme resumes at all campuses

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.

Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

Special Reports

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders

Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Do the research first; it will save money and time later

Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs

Special Reports

Looking inwards

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it