Monako Dibetle
latest news & developmentsSilicosis payouts are ‘symbolic justice’ for South Africa’s miners
The Tshiamiso Trust has begun paying out workers who contracted silicosis and TB in South Africa’s gold mines, but the amounts are paltry against what they have lost to poor…
Dispatches: With you I know I cannot go wrong
Mr Mogopodi sold newspapers outside Kagiso. Until one day, he disappeared.
Boipatong: Ghosts of a massacre
Lebole Dibetle was a dedicated policeman who was sent to Boipatong after the massacre. He would never be the same again, writes Monako Dibetle.
But I live in Kagiso
<b>Monako Dibetle</b> takes us on a ride through his infamous township and finds a complicated path back to heart and home.
Dancing on his grave
In Tshing, outside Ventersdorp, a Soweto football derby encounter generates more excitement than the news of Eugene Terre’Blanche’s demise.
‘Through Feni I examine myself’
"You will not find a place in this country with so many artworks [made by one artist] … even if it is by many artists, put together under one roof."
Sharpeville is still bleeding
Fifty years after the massacre, the township is crippled by neglect.
Du Pré says farewell
Durban University of Technology (DUT) is without a leader again following the resignation of vice-chancellor and principal Roy du Pré.
‘Bullies’ called to account
Education department taken to Human Rights Commission to explain ‘forced removal’ of learners.
‘NGO uses donor funds to fight legal battles’
Adult education
Anger at ‘big daddy’ Zuma grows
The fury that greeted the news that Zuma has fathered another child out of wedlock indicates that the tide of support may have reached its limit.
FET sector is the class dunce
College reform urgently needed as two-thirds of first-year maths and science students fail.
Motshekga reads the riot act
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has read the riot act to more than 100 of her top officials, warning them that none of them can take their jobs for granted.
Asmal’s objectives accomplished by UKZN with distinction
Directive and accountable leadership was more important than collegiality
Merger headaches
Monako Dibetle looks at a range of problems that have arisen from the restructuring of higher education institutions.