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Unlocking skills: how TVET and CET colleges can reshape South Africa's educational landscape
SKILLS PATHWAYS

Unlocking skills: how TVET and CET colleges can reshape South Africa's educational landscape

As the 2026 academic year begins, Technical and Vocational Education Training and Community Education and Training colleges are vital for developing employable skills and supporting the economy.

By Siyabonga Goni
MARK SUZMAN EXCLUSIVE

‘The world has lost the will to prioritise saving lives — but generosity can return’

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
‘The world has lost the will to prioritise saving lives — but generosity can return’
REFLECTION

Floods, weather extremes and community resilience in Limpopo

By Lerato Mutsila
Floods, weather extremes and community resilience in Limpopo
OPINIONISTA

Poverty turns the school run into a game of Russian roulette

By Zukiswa Pikoli
Poverty turns the school run into a game of Russian roulette
Business Maverick

Rising food prices leave low-income families struggling to meet basic nutritional needs

By Naledi Sikhakhane
Rising food prices leave low-income families struggling to meet basic nutritional needs
Students moved to temporary housing as CPUT faces ongoing accommodation crisis
DORM DEFICIT

Students moved to temporary housing as CPUT faces ongoing accommodation crisis

By Siyabonga Goni
Is sugar tax a crucial public health tool or an industry scapegoat?
FOOD JUSTICE

Is sugar tax a crucial public health tool or an industry scapegoat?

By Lillian Roberts
Early childhood development sector remains ‘vital’ but underresourced partner in provision of compulsory Grade R
LEARNING CURVE

Early childhood development sector remains ‘vital’ but underresourced partner in provision of compulsory Grade R

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Communities caught between necessity and neglect as struggle to regulate spaza shops continues
REGULATORY FAILURE

Communities caught between necessity and neglect as struggle to regulate spaza shops continues

By Naomi Campbell
The Great Divide
CARTOON

The Great Divide

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS
Flotillas offer beacon of solidarity and hope for Gaza through waterborne resistance
MARITIME PROTEST OP-ED

Flotillas offer beacon of solidarity and hope for Gaza through waterborne resistance

By Mark Tomlinson, Fatima Hendricks, Hassan Mahomed and Ayesha Vahed
Restorative constitutionalism and the poor — when equality requires repair, not neutrality
OPINIONISTA

Restorative constitutionalism and the poor — when equality requires repair, not neutrality

By Nathanael Siljeur
BHEKISISA

The anti-HIV jab that Buhle Sikade trusts — free soon for 456,000 South Africans

By Mia Malan and Anna-Maria van Niekerk
The anti-HIV jab that Buhle Sikade trusts — free soon for 456,000 South Africans
OPINIONISTA

The grand illusion of the 88% Senior Certificate pass rate and SA's literacy crisis — connect the dots

By Clive W Kronenberg
The grand illusion of the 88% Senior Certificate pass rate and SA's literacy crisis — connect the dots
OPINIONISTA

Unemployed young South Africans need more than skills — we need social innovation and ingenuity

By Simnikiwe Xanga and Luvuyo Maseko
Unemployed young South Africans need more than skills — we need social innovation and ingenuity
BHEKISISA

Cutting: Why teens turn to self-harm when they don’t have words for their pain

By Tanya Pampalone, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Mia Malan, Jessica Pitchford, Yolanda Mdzeke, Thatego Mashabela, Justin Barlow and Jeannine Snyman
OPINIONISTA

Eroding democracy — scapegoating foreigners is a sign of institutional exhaustion

By Claudia Pizzocri
OPINIONISTA

Letter to editor: When trust becomes a risk — the silent burden carried by parents who use scholar transport

By Muzi Mthethwa
OPINIONISTA

Mother tongue matters in an English-dominated society

By Zukiswa Pikoli
Beware of bogus colleges preying on desperate young South Africans
HIGHER EDUCATION

Beware of bogus colleges preying on desperate young South Africans

Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Mimmy Gondwe is appealing to parents not to fall for bogus colleges that prey on desperate students seeking tertiary education after failing to find a space at public institutions of higher learning.

By Siyabonga Goni
ADAPT AND LEARN OP-ED

Designing public education for the future in SA — Collaboration Schools point the way

By David Harrison
NEURODIVERSITY CHAMPION

Mom moves from grief to advocacy as she challenges perceptions of autism

By Onthatile Mahlangu
CARTOON

Deadly convoy

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS
ROAD SAFETY

How the daily commute for thousands of schoolchildren has become a gamble with death

By Takudzwa Pongweni
Here's how SA can end hunger and malnutrition this year
FEEDING HOPE OP-ED

Here's how SA can end hunger and malnutrition this year

By Mark Heywood
KZN government condemns anti-migrant violence at Durban’s Addington Primary
SCHOOL PLACEMENT UPROAR

KZN government condemns anti-migrant violence at Durban’s Addington Primary

By Naledi Sikhakhane
Matric Class of 2025 signals SA is on the right track to opportunity and equity
OPINIONISTA

Matric Class of 2025 signals SA is on the right track to opportunity and equity

By Michael Le Cordeur
SA's land crisis is ongoing, not historical
TENURE INSECURITY

SA's land crisis is ongoing, not historical

By Naledi Sikhakhane
Africa should protect the value of its pathogen data
OPINIONISTA

Africa should protect the value of its pathogen data

By Lauren Paramoer

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