Motshekga blocks re-employment of thousands of teachers

By Bongani Nkosi — The department of basic education wants to block the reappointment of public school teachers who have resigned in order to access...

Pupils Speak Out: Schools need to make us more aware of our privilege

By Jayna Goldstuck — A weekly series of articles written by pupils who want to contribute to the debate about South Africa’s education system. As...

Too little, too late from government after attacks on foreigners hit KZN

A week after foreigners were chased from communities in KwaZulu-Natal, political leaders are responding to the issue. Yet the underlying causes of xenophobia are...

How much longer for better school infrastructure?

By Victoria John, Jayna Goldstuck — Equal Education along with pupils frustrated by the long wait for better school infrastructure protested outside the department’s office...

As Craven leaves, Cosatu loses another giant

By STEPHEN GROOTES. So often in politics we subscribe to what historians used to call the ‘big man’ theory. We focus on the newsmakers,...

Nigeria will be Africa’s first global superpower

South Africa has many attributes that make it a worthy representative of Africa on the world stage, but is set to lose its first...

Colonialist statues are a mote in varsity students’ eyes

By Victoria John, Kwanele Sosibo — Waves of pickets, protest marches and sleep-ins have swept the campuses of South African universities since the beginning of March....

Post Office fires employees for illegal strike

Cape Town – The SA Post Office (Sapo) dismissed six employees who violated a court order during the illegal strike that crippled postal operations...

21,000 pupils pregnant last financial year – report

Johannesburg – Around 21,000 schoolgirls, including 717 still in primary school, were pregnant in the 2013/14 financial year, Netwerk24 reported on Monday. This is...

SA’s youth need to pay salaries and not earn them

Boksburg – The youth of today need skills and training to become entrepreneurs and create jobs and help grow the economy in the future....

Elite hoard Angola’s new-found wealth

When a small group of supporters gathered outside the court where this week the Angolan journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques went on...

Eskom says 1000 Medupi workers fired

About 1 000 workers at the construction site of South Africa’s Eskom Medupi power plant have been fired for vandalising property during this week’s...