How old are you and what grade are you in? I am 18 years old and currently in Grade 12 at Lyttleton Manor in Pretoria. When and how did you first realise your passion for words?…
Where and when did you matriculate? From Gandhi Desai High School in Durban in 1966. What was your favourite subject? My favourite subject was mathematics as it was both…
When and where did you matriculate? From Mafori-Mphahlele in Soweto, in 1996. Did you have a favourite teacher? My geography teacher, Bonolo Seolonyane. She is an angel, you…
What’s the big difference between the youth of 1976 and the youth today? Some say the 1976 youth were disciplined and fought for truth while today’s youth are indulged and into…
It’s a chilly day at Fezeka Senior Secondary School in the Western Cape township of Gugulethu and nothing can stop the freezing gusts blowing through broken classroom windows.…
So you dream about taking a little bit of dis and a little bit of dat and recording your groove on your very own CD? Well, you may as well dream of flying to the moon because you…
An unlikely place to find a technology training centre is at the top of a hill in Limpopo which is home to more monkeys than people. But educators at Ramaano village, who had…
This is a must-have reference book for South Africans and foreigners alike who wish to delve into the nuances and homebrew flavours of the local version of English. Described by…
There wasn’t a moment when Lisa Harding didn’t fear that her teenage son, Joshua, would be brought home in a body bag. Sometimes she even prayed that he would. ‘His sickness…
When the kwaito group Trompies produced their song Fohloza – in which they sing the praises of full-figured women – they could have been thinking of teenage girls who starve…
Medical University of Southern Africa (Medunsa) Transformation Status: Will merge with the University of the North in January 2004 Faculties: Dentistry, medicine, science, public…
The Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) and Oracle are helping disadvantaged learners solve for ‘x” in their newly established mathematics school. Three hundred and sixty youngsters…
‘What is information literacy?” This is the title of one of the modules in the literacy courses offered by Technikon South Africa (TSA). The faculty, called Literacies Plus,…
Christine Hutton* decided to study further after passing matric with exemption and taking a two year break. ‘It was too late to apply at a state university or technikon, so we…
A microchip company that brought South Africa the first-ever computer clubhouse is once again investing in the development of the country’s youth, this time through teachers.…
Q: What is the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC)? The HEQC is a permanent sub-committee of the Council on Higher Education (CHE), accredited by the South African…
To a group of United States honours students, Cape Town’s Langa township is a home away from home. They have lived and studied there, learned the local lingo and dance routines,…
You are in a very strange place: the weather is odd, the language just a jumble of weird sounds and the food almost inedible. If all this does not bother you, then you are the…
What would you do for a trip to one of the country’s famed national parks – with the added bonus of a photographic hamper that includes a camera? If you are lucky enough to be a…
Recent predictions of a shortage of educators are to be reviewed by a newly appointed ministerial committee. The committee on teacher education was appointed ‘to develop a…
