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Zimbabwean teachers’ struggle against poverty continues

20th Nov 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

Teachers’ unions in Zimbabwe have rejected the government’s latest offer to settle the dispute.

Principal fears for his life after accused of misusing funds

19th Nov 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

The school principal abandoned his post after he was accused by parents and community members of misusing school funds.

Covid numbers at Eastern Cape universities spike

4th Nov 2020 Mandla Mnyakama 0

The surge in numbers of students testing positive is a cause for concern for universities in the Eastern Cape.

Education department mum on youth pay

28th Oct 2020 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

School patrollers and covid-19 brigades say they have not been paid for the past three months.

Zimbabwe teachers resume strike on first day of schools reopening

30th Sep 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

The Public Service Commission announced that all civil servants will receive a top-up on their salaries but it does not match teachers’ salary demand.

E Cape mud schools falling apart

16th Sep 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

Parents and SGBs of mud schools in Port St Johns say they have tried in vain to get government to build proper classrooms.

How the little-known Energy Charter Treaty is holding environmental policy hostage

7th Sep 2020 Equal Times 0

Is it possible to take urgently needed action on climate change while simultaneously protecting the fossil fuel industry, the very cause of climate imbalance? Today, […]

Undressing for redress: the significance of Nigerian women’s naked protest

4th Sep 2020 Bright Alozie 0

Social media went abuzz on July 23, 2020, when hundreds of women – mostly naked – staged a protest in the northwestern state of Kaduna, Nigeria. Wailing and […]

The “normalisation of mass surveillance” could pose a threat to social mobilisation, warns digital rights advocate Diego Naranjo

31st Aug 2020 Equal Times 0

Long before the arrival of 2020, the ‘year zero’ of Covid-19, efforts to safeguard digital rights and the public debate on fundamental rights (often disregarded […]

Zimbabwe teachers’ strike continues as government announces examination dates

25th Aug 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

There could be a showdown between the teachers’ unions and government when schools re-open in Zimbabwe next week.

Day care centres demand support

21st Aug 2020 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Affected by the pandemic and the lockdown, early childhood development centres around the country are calling for government support.

Activists call for school closure for the year

29th Jul 2020 Vincent Lali 0

Community organisations and activists that favoured the closure of schools differ over whether Grades seven and twelve should return to school in the Western Cape.

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