Study

Learning is easier, with young Cameroonian’s app

Mbah Javis’s platform provides students with academic content including flashcards, past exam questions and an AI study assistant

Njodzeka Danhatu

4 min read

While anecdotal evidence pointed towards low rates of registration of ECD services, it was confirmed by the 2021 department of basic education’s ECD census, which found that only 40% of centres were registered, while a third of programmes receive a subsidy.

ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

12 JAN 2022

Schools show shortfalls amid Covid-19 pandemic

Learners from grade R to 12 return on Wednesday to school for a new academic year.

Eunice Masson

3 min read

Pensioners wait to get their monthly state pension payout on the parking lot at the Jabulani shopping mall.

BENEFITS

22 OCT 2021

South Africa needs to make pension system more inclusive, study says

South Africa’s pension system is ranked 31st out of 43 countries, receiving a C-grade which indicates major risks and shortcomings that should be addressed

Anathi Madubela

3 min read

CLIMATE

3 SEP 2021

Ocean climate changes a threat to sea life

The world’s seas have absorbed about a third of all carbon pollution produced since the Industrial Revolution

Patrick Galey

3 min read

COMMERCIAL ASSAYS

16 MAR 2021

National Health Laboratory calls for participants to test antibody tests

The NHLS will collect samples from at least 300 participants and bank them for use in future rapid or serological tests

Marcia Zali

2 min read