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The challenges faced by English FAL learners at university have their roots in the structure and implementation of the basic education system. (File photo)
ENGLISH

The language gap hits students hard when they get to university

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

  • Sithembile Magwaza
6 min read
Edward Kieswetter, commissioner of the South African Revenue Service. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ARTS AND CULTURE

Mother-tongue manual aims to ‘demystify tax’ says Kieswetter

The list of 450 terms aims to provide clarity and certainty about SARS’s strategic objective and to encourage compliance

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read