Michael Le Cordeur Urgent need for mother-tongue education to revive SA's indigenous languages 5 min 4 11 August 2025
Michael Le Cordeur Why punish the children of 2025 for the apartheid sins of their parents? 3 min 16 22 July 2025
Michael Le Cordeur We should forgive but never forget: Afrikaans was the language of the oppressor — and the language of resistance 5 min 3 20 June 2025
Michael Le Cordeur The future development of our nation lies in the hands of our demoralised teachers 5 min 0 8 May 2025
Michael Le Cordeur Ten burning budget priorities for fixing basic education in South Africa 5 min 1 16 April 2025
Michael Le Cordeur We are picking the bitter fruit of South Africa’s neglect of Grade R 5 min 1 25 March 2025
Michael Le Cordeur All dressed up with nowhere to go – record matric pass rate, but limited space at universities 5 min 0 25 February 2025
Michael Le Cordeur Confronting the legacy of apartheid and the urgent need for social cohesion in South Africa 5 min 3 31 October 2024
Michael Le Cordeur Bela Bill outcome is the first really big test facing the Government of National Unity 5 min 1 16 October 2024
Michael Le Cordeur Teaching cutbacks will cause irreparable damage to education in South Africa 5 min 7 8 October 2024
Michael Le Cordeur New GNU Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube faces daunting challenges 5 min 11 1 July 2024
Michael Le Cordeur Thirty years after democracy, nothing has changed in SA’s rainbow nation education system 4 min 8 26 May 2024
Michael Le Cordeur R370 a month does not buy you freedom, nor does it teach you any sellable skills 5 min 0 20 May 2024
Michael Le Cordeur We can only fix youth unemployment if we correct our broken education system 5 min 16 6 October 2023
Michael Le Cordeur Let's equip students with the skills to use ChatGPT critically and responsibly 5 min 2 3 September 2023
Michael Le Cordeur International literacy survey results mostly a true reflection of SA government’s bad report card 6 min 2 31 July 2023
Michael Le Cordeur Dutch apology for slavery important step in acknowledging what it means to be ‘completely human’ 5 min 1 24 July 2023
Michael Le Cordeur It is a sombre nation gripped by low morale that will watch Sona 2023 on TV 5 min 0 7 February 2023
Michael Le Cordeur All hail to the matric class of 2022 – the odds were against you, but you overcame 6 min 0 23 January 2023
Michael Le Cordeur Student bursaries are the lifeblood of higher education, but the problems are legion 5 min 0 17 January 2023
Michael Workman A bleak future awaits our children if education continues to focus on the past and ignore the future 4 min 3 3 August 2022
