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Victoria John

Yes and no to EFF’s list of demands
Article
/ 1 November 2015

Yes and no to EFF’s list of demands

Analysts say some of the requirements could be met successfully but others are non-starters.

By Victoria John
Child marriage still rife in Mozambique
Africa
/ 4 September 2015

Child marriage still rife in Mozambique

More than half a million Mozambican women between the ages of 20 and 24 years old got married before the age of 18.

By Victoria John
Laaities: What do we know, though?
Article
/ 7 July 2015

Laaities: What do we know, though?

What do the people who were laaities in the nineties remember about the days before the struggle became really real?

By Victoria John
Adult education fails its teachers
Article
/ 25 June 2015

Adult education fails its teachers

Colleges are closing down in the transition from one government department to another.

By Victoria John
Day Three: ‘It’s a lot like Manenberg’
Article
/ 17 June 2015

Day Three: ‘It’s a lot like Manenberg’

Day three of their road trip saw the Rock Girls visiting New Brighton and Helenvale to share stories with the young girls who live there.

By Victoria John
Leaked report reveals rampant cronyism in teacher hiring
Article
/ 15 April 2015

Leaked report reveals rampant cronyism in teacher hiring

A damning report held back from the public highlights the extent of cronyism and the influence of unions in filling education positions.

By Victoria John
Government figures on transporting pupils to school ‘a lie’
Article
/ 18 March 2015

Government figures on transporting pupils to school ‘a lie’

A teacher’s organisation and two NGOs say that hundreds of thousands of children in KwaZulu-Natal walk long distances to and from school.

By Victoria John
Struggle continues for disabled children
Article
/ 6 February 2015

Struggle continues for disabled children

Government has placed some disabled pupils in school but concerns remain over the ability of the school to give them an adequate education.

By Victoria John
Cida City Campus gets another offer on the table
Article
/ 3 February 2015

Cida City Campus gets another offer on the table

Liquidators who previously ignored an offer from the AAYMCA will now be forced to meet "creditors" to discuss this and other offers.

By Victoria John
Angie fails the test for accountability
Article
/ 9 January 2015

Angie fails the test for accountability

Government remains mute about missing results and the Eastern Cape’s teacher debacle.

By Bongani Nkosi and Victoria John
Angie fails the test for accountability
Article
/ 9 January 2015

Angie fails the test for accountability

Government remains mute about missing results and the Eastern Cape’s teacher debacle.

By Bongani Nkosi and Victoria John
Small enterprises are embracing a new inclusive business model
Article
/ 19 December 2014

Small enterprises are embracing a new inclusive business model

Working with small business is good for big business, the economy and job creation.

By Victoria John
Grade nine maths average slips badly in 2014
Article
/ 4 December 2014

Grade nine maths average slips badly in 2014

The head of the professional teachers’ organisation says it is time to take a hard look at educators’ content knowledge and methodology.

By Victoria John
Schools claim no textbooks received all year
Article
/ 2 December 2014

Schools claim no textbooks received all year

The Limpopo education department faces increased pressure after a report revealed 50% of next year’s books are yet to be acquired.

By Victoria John
Overcoming the odds at Grahamstown school
Article
/ 21 November 2014

Overcoming the odds at Grahamstown school

Most pupils at Grahamstown’s GADRA school come from disadvantaged backgrounds. So how has the school become the second-biggest feeder to Rhodes?

By Victoria John
Can Khampepe change how elections are monitored?
Article
/ 15 November 2014

Can Khampepe change how elections are monitored?

The release of the Khampepe report is a hollow victory if independent organisations do not change the way they monitor African elections in future.

By Victoria John
Pupils put an end to inequality and sexual violence
Article
/ 28 August 2014

Pupils put an end to inequality and sexual violence

Tlaleng Ketumile lives in the town of Kuruman, home to dusty furniture stores, cellphone shop-containers, tired restaurants and garish newer ones.

By Victoria John
Educators must move to the top of the class
Article
/ 27 August 2014

Educators must move to the top of the class

A Unisa professor’s programme to improve teaching skills is reaping results in Limpopo, but better evaluation of such programmes is required.

By Victoria John
Universities remain a bastion of gender discrimination
Article
/ 12 August 2014

Universities remain a bastion of gender discrimination

Only a small percentage of SA’s professors are black women. The cards are stacked in men’s favour, says Professor Esther Ramani. That has to change.

By Victoria John
School’s choice of ‘rape’ song at World Choir Games offends
Article
/ 6 August 2014

School’s choice of ‘rape’ song at World Choir Games offends

Kearsney College has apologised unreservedly for choosing Robin Thicke’s controversial 2013 song "Blurred Lines" for the "Olympics for choirs".

By Victoria John
Private schools and the issue of gender discrimination
Article
/ 24 July 2014

Private schools and the issue of gender discrimination

Private schools foster gender bias, says an international report, despite SA studies revealing that there are more girls than boys in private schools.

By Victoria John
School infrastructure: How NGOs are planning to get the message across
Article
/ 17 July 2014

School infrastructure: How NGOs are planning to get the message across

NGOs consider using soccer clubs, traditional healers, churches and even shebeens to tell SA about government’s plan to fix school infrastructure.

By Victoria John
Soobrayan: ‘I’m no bad guy’
Article
/ 27 June 2014

Soobrayan: ‘I’m no bad guy’

But confusion has emerged about the textbook report he says exonerates him.

By Victoria John
Elections 2014: Sea of change in Nelson Mandela Bay
Article
/ 7 May 2014

Elections 2014: Sea of change in Nelson Mandela Bay

While many in the Nelson Mandela Metropole say they will vote DA, in some areas it’s like "1994 never happened".

By Victoria John
Elections 2014: Walmer – united by name, divided by politics
Article
/ 7 May 2014

Elections 2014: Walmer – united by name, divided by politics

The suburb and township of Walmer in Port Elizabeth may share a name, but residents have vastly different life experiences and election hopes.

By Victoria John
Student protests: ANC gets marked down on campuses
Article
/ 10 February 2014

Student protests: ANC gets marked down on campuses

Varsity strife takes on political edge as student protests escalate.

By Victoria John
Dozens of Thembelihle kids not in school yet
Article
/ 24 January 2014

Dozens of Thembelihle kids not in school yet

About 40 Thembelihle children have not been admitted to schools yet, which parents have blamed on the Gauteng education department’s incompetency.

By Victoria John
Blade launches white paper to meet needs of ‘neets’
Article
/ 16 January 2014

Blade launches white paper to meet needs of ‘neets’

Blade Nzimande hopes his white paper on post-school education and training will help millions of young people "out of the doldrums of poverty".

By Victoria John
Agang SA’s Ramphele: White people, be more active citizens
Article
/ 31 October 2013

Agang SA’s Ramphele: White people, be more active citizens

Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele says South Africans need to stop thinking of themselves as black and white, or else "Mugabe, here we come".

By Victoria John
Late intervention condemns pupils to ‘insurmountable’ challenges
Article
/ 24 October 2013

Late intervention condemns pupils to ‘insurmountable’ challenges

Research reveals that poor language and maths education in SA is failing hundreds of thousands of pupils.

By Victoria John
For one night, the Cape Flats sparkles with hope
Article
/ 4 October 2013

For one night, the Cape Flats sparkles with hope

Despite the 27 gang-related deaths since May in the area, some residents of Thames Walk in Manenberg find hope in the celebration of a matric dance.

By Victoria John
UCT drops 13 places on World University Rankings
Article
/ 2 October 2013

UCT drops 13 places on World University Rankings

SA’s only top-200 ranked university on the 2013 World University Rankings, UCT, has slipped down 13 places – leaving it at number 126 on the list.

By Victoria John
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