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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

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

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
Carbon pollution: Ocean surface climates — its surface temperature, acidity and mineral concentration — are being changed by increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide. (Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
CLIMATE

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

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