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Abidjan Principles key to the protection of children’s right to education

MAVERICK CITIZEN

Abidjan Principles key to the protection of children’s right to education

By Mila Harding and Motheo Brodie

Parents, teachers and learners anxious about the reopening of schools

MAVERICK CITIZEN

Parents, teachers and learners anxious about the reopening of schools

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Maverick Citizen OP-ED

Activists demand an end to ambivalence about corporal punishment in schools

By Mila Harding and Boitumelo Masipa

Department sticks to its guns on ‘widespread’ matric exam leak after court blocks rewrite

NEWSFLASH

Department sticks to its guns on ‘widespread’ matric exam leak after court blocks rewrite

By Ayanda Mthethwa

Kgololo Academy: Grooming confident future university students from Grade R

MAVERICK CITIZEN

Kgololo Academy: Grooming confident future university students from Grade R

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Budget cuts mean SA’s school pit toilet crisis is far from over

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM

Budget cuts mean SA’s school pit toilet crisis is far from over

By Ayanda Mthethwa

Protesters outside Parliament demand an end to cuts, more education spend and no bailout for SAA – Did Mboweni listen?

Mini Budget 2020

Protesters outside Parliament demand an end to cuts, more education spend and no bailout for SAA – Did Mboweni listen?

By Karabo Mafolo

Thousands of children haven’t returned to school in Gauteng and the Northern Cape

Education and Covid-19

Thousands of children haven’t returned to school in Gauteng and the Northern Cape

By Karabo Mafolo

Return to school feeding programme: The provinces respond

CHILD HUNGER

Return to school feeding programme: The provinces respond

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Court orders the department of basic education to urgently feed 9 million hungry children

Maverick Citizen

Court orders the department of basic education to urgently feed 9 million hungry children

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Court’s intervention shows dire need for reform in the Early Childhood Development sector

Maverick Citizen Op-Ed

Court’s intervention shows dire need for reform in the Early Childhood Development sector

By Rubeena Parker, Nurina Ally and Tess Peacock

‘There is no political will’ to rid South African education of inequality

YOUTH DAY

‘There is no political will’ to rid South African education of inequality

By Karabo Mafolo

Black market cigarettes sales rise, Parliament passes February Budget, and education department hauled to court over school nutrition

CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST #74

Black market cigarettes sales rise, Parliament passes February Budget, and education department hauled to court over school nutrition

By Zukiswa Pikoli

‘Sometimes I get stressed and frustrated’

Child Hunger

‘Sometimes I get stressed and frustrated’

By Maverick Citizen

‘It is difficult to concentrate on an empty stomach’

Child Hunger

‘It is difficult to concentrate on an empty stomach’

By Maverick Citizen

‘My family fights a lot over bread’

Child Hunger

‘My family fights a lot over bread’

By Maverick Citizen

Courts asked to compel government to feed learners

Maverick Citizen Exclusive

Courts asked to compel government to feed learners

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Government plans for Early Childhood Development are needed urgently

Maverick Citizen Op-Ed

Government plans for Early Childhood Development are needed urgently

By Tess Peacock, Rubeena Parker and Nurina Ally

Sanitation crisis: One Limpopo school scores a critical but temporary victory

Maverick Citizen Op-Ed

Sanitation crisis: One Limpopo school scores a critical but temporary victory

By Sheniece Linderboom and Julia Chaskalson

We have cautiously opened schools, now we must open possibilities for learning

OP-ED

We have cautiously opened schools, now we must open possibilities for learning

By Nicky Roberts

Limpopo schools face an impossible choice - sanitiser vs basic necessities

Maverick Citizen: OP-ED

Limpopo schools face an impossible choice - sanitiser vs basic necessities

By Samantha Brener