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The two proposals reveal that reform debates are marked by a deeper theoretical divergence over whether global legitimacy hinges on balancing power or modernising institutions.

The quiet power of Moses Seletisa’s Sepedi poetry and Sabata Mokae’s Setswana novels

Higher education institutions cannot be responsible for linguistic deficiencies. The real change needs to start at school level

Covid-19 lockdowns forced a Cape Town organisation to adapt its teaching methods. Now its language instruction helps those living in other parts of Africa and even beyond

Being forced to use the active voice and cutting the verb “to be” from our speech can nudge us towards being more accountable — and clearer

Poverty forced her to drop out of school in Zimbabwe, but now she is helping children in her neighbourhood learn to read and write

Home languages have remained steady, with a 90% pass mark, but other critical subjects have declined slightly

Parents think it benefits children to lose their African language, but it leaves them lost instead

English is a valuable resource, but we cannot continue to promote it at the expense of the indigenous languages — including Afrikaans

I love how words can have new meaning. I love creating new words. I love seeing the inconsistencies in the English language

As African literature becomes more accessible, it must be canonised like Tolstoy and Shakespeare’s

Educating our children in their mother tongues will help to address underdevelopment in Africa

A family with everything money can buy, but beneath the surface their lives are seriously damaged

‘I was very afraid to speak English, but with her all the fear disappeared’

And its use doesn’t mean that education will be more inclusive and equitable