‘My father … passed away on 1 January 1999. I live with my grandmother. She pays for my school fees from her pension, which is not enough since she also has to look after my…
Two years ago Natalie* (14) called a crisis line to say her teacher had been sexually and emotionally abusing her since she was 12. The crisis line, Childline in KwaZulu-Natal,…
According to provincial secretary for the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu), Ndaba Gcwabaza, it was agreed with the provincial Department of Education and Culture…
A damning report from the provincial auditor general partly reinforces the allegations. The education department concedes that some of its employees have perpetrated ‘fraudulent…
More than half of all the children in the world who are not in school are girls. The highest number of these live in sub-Saharan Africa, South and East Asia and the Pacific.…
Busisiwe Nhlapo’s house burnt down last year, just three days before Christmas, one of 200 razed as fire swept through Joe Slovo squatter camp in Johannesburg. The City of…
How actively do political parties implement sustainable development? Are their promises nothing but hot air? One of the simplest ways to gauge this in the immediate wake of the…
<i>Beyond the Walls</i> (Bowline) sets out to document musically the horrors of the Holocaust and the ability of the human race to survive and triumph against all odds. The…
More eruptions will follow — both at the University of the Witwatersrand and on campuses across the country. This was the warning of student leaders and educationists on…
"My father … passed away on 1 January 1999. I live with my grandmother. She pays for my school fees from her pension, which is not enough since she also has to look after my…
After three-and-a-half-years of negotiations over children’s access to child support grants, a children’s rights organisation is set to take the government to court. Since 2001…
Children trapped by poverty in South Africa’s poorest provinces are still being denied state support — despite President Thabo Mbeki’s promise last year that millions more…
Eight out of every 10 applications for a firearm licence made by a black South African is turned down, according to the Black Gun Owners Association. Abios Khoele, chairperson of…
Two years ago Natalie (14) called a crisis line to say her teacher had been sexually and emotionally abusing her since she was 12. The crisis line reported the incident to the…
"Flying into Malawi is like stepping back in time. Never mind the SAL/SAA logo imprinted on the kitchen cupboards of the Air Malawi plane; the size of the airport seen from the…
She wasn’t really political, she says, but she was involved in the shattering political events of 1976 — and the famous photograph of a youth shot dead by police flashed her face…
The Convergence Bill has raised hackles in the media fraternity and online publishers say it will stifle freedom of expression and will result in the regulation of content for…
Gender activists have welcomed the apparent U-turn by the government on the reintroduction of a clause in the Sexual Offences Bill, which will guarantee that rape survivors…
A wireless internet portal will soon be available in South Africa — a step towards bridging the "digital divide". According to a Unicef report released late last year, only 35%…
Tree-lined avenues walled with six-foot stockades and electric fencing in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs hide lush green gardens. What many are not aware of is that a network of…
