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South Africa’s official African languages mask dozens of dialects, affecting millions, especially in rural areas
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LITERACY

When home tongues clash with classroom words

South Africa’s official African languages mask dozens of dialects, affecting millions, especially in rural areas

  • Rod Amner
  • Mohale Manyama
8 min read
Otsile Bokamoso, an after-school educational organisation, has helped thousands of learners through the support of a local community trust. Pictured here is its founder, Sophile Motsumi, along with some of the students. Photo: Motlatsi Mofokeng
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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Community trusts are greening the future

The trusts are designed to ensure that a portion of the profits of renewable energy projects are shared with the people who live near them

  • Refilwe Mochoari, Thabo Molelekwa & Motlatsi Mofokeng
7 min read
Grassroots knowledge: Pupils’ own backgrounds can provide fertile classroom materials.
MNCEDISI JORDAN

Making education more homely

Informal learning not only can, but should, be used as the foundation for formal schooling.

  • Mncedisi Jordan
6 min read
EDUCATION CRISIS
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Young Voices: What do you think needs to be done to better education?

The common response among 82 primary school children in the Western Cape and Gauteng has been that more schools needed to be built in rural areas.

  • Victoria John
3 min read
AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES

A “big noise” on rural education

In a first for South Africa, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has established a chair of rural education.

  • Ryan Hoffmann
3 min read