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Covid-19 takes a growing toll on South Africa’s children

Rebecca Pitt
26 Nov

SA schools’ October holiday break may be shelved to make up for lost teaching days

Victoria O'Regan
17 Aug

Schools off to a difficult start in the wake of vandalism, Covid-19 and taxi violence 

Sandisiwe Shoba
27 Jul

Learning curb: How level 4 lockdown affects schools in South Africa

Julia Evans
28 Jun

JSE Investment Challenge 2021: Pupils and students take on ghost trading programme lock, stock, and barrel

Neesa Moodley
25 Apr

Teach them while young: A healthy diet yields an extended life expectancy

Michelle Banda
29 Mar

Mud school has only one broken toilet shared between 175 learners and staff

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
12 Mar

Malnutrition is not a curse. It is a condition waiting to be vanquished

Lawrence Haddad
18 Feb

Teachers, let’s use this time wisely

A Matter of Principal
10 Feb

Start of 2021 school year delayed: ‘The priority remains saving lives’

Victoria O'Regan
15 Jan

Hard lessons: How schools took a Covid-19 battering

Ayanda Mthethwa
04 Jan

Sustainable school sanitation: We need more than quick fixes and empty promises

Julia Chaskalson and Boitumelo Masipa
17 Nov 2020

Angie Motshekga urges parents to send pupils back to school as Covid-19 cases drop

Ayanda Mthethwa
01 Oct 2020

From dishwashing liquid to textbooks: Eastern Cape engineer’s quest to design a low-cost e-learning device for schools

Estelle Ellis
02 Sep 2020

Judgment Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 30: Glenda Gray

Dennis Davis
21 Aug 2020

Practical guidance on disinfecting

The Scientists Collective
05 Aug 2020

DA goes to court to overturn government order to close public schools

Ayanda Mthethwa
30 Jul 2020

Figuring out what the WHO is really saying about schools and the pandemic

Martin Gustafsson
23 Jul 2020

The Great Schools Argument: Data indicates that schools should not be closed

Stephen Grootes
23 Jul 2020

Academics recommend all children should go back to school, Ramaphosa calls on youth to lead Covid-19 response and cheap steroid could help save patients’ lives

Zukiswa Pikoli
17 Jun 2020

Youth Day 2020: Where are the voices of young South Africans during this pandemic?

Suné Payne
16 Jun 2020