Wheelchair Basketball: What We Can Learn From a South African Athlete’s Journey to France
Born in rural KwaZulu-Natal, double amputee Sphelele Dlamini faces fresh challenges playing basketball in France.
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Security Guards Say They Were Fired for Joining Unions
Striking guards block offices in Cofimvaba
World-Famous Soweto Music School Faces Funding Crisis
Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble may not survive past February next year
Counting the Dead Is Not a Safety Plan
GOOD Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to editor: This speech was delivered by GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament Brett Herron during today’s interpellation on Mass Shootings
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Alleged Upington “Black Face” Incident
In the latest development regarding the alleged incident of “black face” at Duineveld High School in Upington, the teacher, Mr Jaco Liebenberg, has been placed on leave pending an investigation by the Northern Cape Department of Education. This was conveyed in a letter that the principal shared with the school community earlier today. The Freedom […]
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Find the Missing R12 Million to Save Dial-A-Ride, Rob Quintas
The City of Cape Town’s plan to drastically scale back the Dial-a-Ride service from 8 September 2025 will strip the most vulnerable residents of their only safe and reliable means to reach jobs, healthcare, education, and community life.
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Crèches Battle Complicated Registration Process
More than half of Cape Town’s Early Childhood Development centres are unregistered
South Sudan’s New Chief Justice Has a Chance to Reform the Judiciary – If He’s Allowed To
Protecting the independence of the judiciary is one of the top priorities for the new chief justice.
BELA: Education Struggle Enters New Phase
With the publication of regulations on school admission policies that are now open for public participation, the struggle for community-driven education has entered a new phase. Until now, the focus has been on influencing the legislation. Going forward, it will be on managing its provisions. The published regulations are possibly the best that could be […]
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Guiding Hand in Minister Gwarube’s BELA Regulations Revealed
The regulations for the implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, published yesterday, undermine the essential intention behind the Act to place the interests of learners above the interests of adults opposed to the post-apartheid transformation of public schools.
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Minister Undermining Bela Act With Restrictive Regulations
Minister Siviwe Gwarube appears to be using regulations to undermine the intention of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act and the now amended South African Schools Act. What should have been a welcome milestone, the gazetting of the first two sets of BELA regulations, nearly eight months after the Act came into effect in December 2024, has instead revealed serious concerns.
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Somalia’s Education Crisis: Why So Few Children Attend School and What Could Be Done to Change That
Only 4% of Mogadishu’s schools are run by the government.
More Than 80 to a Class at Elim High
The school has over 2,000 learners and has been asking for additional classrooms since 2007
22 Years Behind Bars Without Parole: Model Prisoner Sues Minister
Tebogo Modise was recommended for parole in 2019 but remains in prison despite a court order demanding reasons for his continued incarceration
Rare Birds at the Joburg Zoo
The zoo is involved in various conservation projects
Decades Later Primrose Modisane Finally Receives Her Birth Certificate
Stateless since birth, she was called a “border hopper” by Home Affairs officials
Development Cricket Honoured at CSA Pathway Awards 2025
JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) hosted its annual CSA Pathway Awards on Thursday morning at Emperors Palace, celebrating the stars of...
Holocaust Centre Urged to Recognise Genocide in Gaza
Centre director alarmed by humanitarian situation, but says “the designation of genocide is a legal matter”
Johannesburg Council: Support for Public Participation on Killarney Country Club
GOOD Statement by Matthew Cook,GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor 31 July 2025 Today, the Johannesburg Council approved the initiation of a public participation process on the possible lease or disposal of the Killarney Country Club, a motion the GOOD Party fully supports. The site in question spans over 111 hectares of prime […]
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Climate Change Is Making Africa’s Debt Burden Worse
State-contingent debt instruments allow countries hit by economic and climate crises to restructure their debt repayments.
Students March in Germiston Over Unpaid NSFAS Fees
They are demanding that the Ekurhuleni West TVET College intervene to help desperate students
Sex Workers Plea for Arrest Moratorium
A bill to decriminalise sex work was sent back to the justice department for redrafting about two years ago
What Makes a Person Cool?
Coolness has changed. Today it’s about being extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful and autonomous.
Nkabane Removal: Accountability or Merely a Calculated Move?
In two notable statements, the Presidency recently announced that Mr Buti Manamela has been promoted from Deputy Minister of Higher Education to Minister, and that Dr Nobuhle Nkabane thanks South Africa for the opportunity she had to serve in this role. It is still unclear where the ANC will deploy her next – or whether […]
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