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DHET admits it cannot track which degrees lead to graduate unemployment
QUALIFIED, BUT UNEMPLOYED

DHET admits it cannot track which degrees lead to graduate unemployment

The Department of Higher Education is spending billions in public funds without tracking which university degrees lead straight to the unemployment line. While this happens, the unemployment rate among graduates has grown from 10.3% to 12.4% in seven months.

By Siyabonga Goni
RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP

The ‘child from a village’ who helped reshape SA’s early childhood development sector

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
The ‘child from a village’ who helped reshape SA’s early childhood development sector
Agri Entrepreneurship

Reiger Park school empowers young women to break agricultural stereotypes

By Iman Allie
Reiger Park school empowers young women to break agricultural stereotypes
CARTOON

Unfed Potential

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS
Unfed Potential
SYSTEMS CHANGE

Zaheera Mohamed brings public finance savvy to the fight for ECD systems change

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Zaheera Mohamed brings public finance savvy to the fight for ECD systems change
LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’
Maverick Citizen

LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’

By Lillian Roberts
Conservation without inclusion: Why iSimangaliso protests reflect a governance crisis
OPINIONISTA

Conservation without inclusion: Why iSimangaliso protests reflect a governance crisis

By Siphesihle Mbhele
Innovation meets impact as Minister Buthelezi launches Batho Pele AI chatbot
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Innovation meets impact as Minister Buthelezi launches Batho Pele AI chatbot

By Department of Public Service and Administration
No-fee school provides a master class in teaching with few resources
LEADING THE PACK

No-fee school provides a master class in teaching with few resources

By Mark Potterton
Inside the Joburg inner city school proving what central Joburg learners can achieve
HIDDEN GEM

Inside the Joburg inner city school proving what central Joburg learners can achieve

By Takudzwa Pongweni
Watch – Inside NSFAS boss Mathebula’s R110,000-plus spending
VIDEO

Watch – Inside NSFAS boss Mathebula’s R110,000-plus spending

By Siyabonga Goni
Students tell of going up to seven days without food
CAMPUS HUNGER

Students tell of going up to seven days without food

By Iman Allie
HUNGER EMERGENCY

South Africa needs an emergency food plan — now

By Mark Heywood and Busiso Moyo
South Africa needs an emergency food plan — now
‘BROKEN SYSTEM’

SRD grant battle reaches Supreme Court of Appeal as state challenges historic judgment

By Lillian Roberts
SRD grant battle reaches Supreme Court of Appeal as state challenges historic judgment
Maverick Citizen

Food safety red flag: Thousands of SA school kitchens don’t have required certificates

By Iman Allie
Food safety red flag: Thousands of SA school kitchens don’t have required certificates
CHANGEMAKER

Learning centre brings digital and tech skills to Hillbrow’s youth

By Bridget Hilton-Barber
EDUCATION

Eastern Cape teacher assistants left without income after contract ends and funding hiatus

By Gcina Ntsaluba
YOUTH VOICES

Metro Lives panel explores why Johannesburg’s renewal will fail without its young people

By Takudzwa Pongweni
SOCIAL (IN)SECURITY

Sassa grant reviews strand vulnerable South Africans in systemic chaos

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
How a Lenasia community garden helps unemployed families put food on the table
LOCAL RESILIENCE

How a Lenasia community garden helps unemployed families put food on the table

What began in 2022 as a backyard project by retrenched worker Mannini Ntlaba has grown into a one-hectare community garden in Meriting, Lenasia South, run by about 40 volunteers and producing spinach, cabbage, tomatoes, maize, peppers – and even pigs.

By Lerato Kodisang
CARTOON

Food for thought

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS
SOCIAL NOURISHMENT

Child hunger drives Free State community to step in when school meals stop

By Thabang Thembani
OPINIONISTA

Dear Mbokodo: We did not march so women could carry the nation

By Sipho Mthathi
MOTHER AND CHILD

FoodForward SA expands nutrition drive to 100 more families

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Community rallies behind NPO as fire halts vital child-focused programmes
HOPE FROM ASHES

Community rallies behind NPO as fire halts vital child-focused programmes

By Lerato Mutsila
The first generic weight loss drug has hit SA — will it be enough to kill the black market?
BHEKISISA

The first generic weight loss drug has hit SA — will it be enough to kill the black market?

By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan and Anna-Maria van Niekerk
Siviwe Gwarube targets 7 million children in structured ECD programmes by 2030
INTERVIEW

Siviwe Gwarube targets 7 million children in structured ECD programmes by 2030

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
‘Throwing students to the wolves’ Parliament slams CPUT over evictions after protests
CAMPUS CHAOS

‘Throwing students to the wolves’ Parliament slams CPUT over evictions after protests

By Siyabonga Goni
‘Disgrace’: Eastern Cape Education Department admits it unlawfully withheld billions from schools
GROUNDUP

‘Disgrace’: Eastern Cape Education Department admits it unlawfully withheld billions from schools

By Gcina Ntsaluba and Chuma Ntshingana

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