Unemployed graduates protest in Pretoria
South Africa has one of the world’s highest unemployment rates accounting for around 6.7-million people, 67% of whom are young people.
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Impact of school closures on education outcomes in South Africa
By mid April about 1.725 billion students globally had been affected by the closure of school and higher education institutions in response to the coronavirus […]
Patriarchy’s counteroffensive: meet the international anti-feminism lobby
In August 2018, Argentina’s Senate rejected a bill to decriminalise abortion. Two months earlier, amid a historic gathering of the feminist movement on the streets, […]
Looting mars De Doorns protest
Passing trucks get looted as the unemployed in De Doorns protest against unemployment and bribery for jobs on farms in the area.
Split opinions on Grade 9 General Education Certificate
SADTU says it is still doing its own research on the proposed GET certificate.
Too hungry to go to class: South Africa’s university students need better support
The South African university student population has changed over the past 20 years to reflect wider society more closely than before. It’s no surprise therefore […]
Learner from no-fee school wins Natural Science Olympiad
A lack of resources for teaching and learning of physical science remains one of the biggest challenges facing poor schools.
Cape Town’s bloody gang violence is inextricably bound up in its history
When the apartheid government decided to evict people it called Coloured from Cape Town’s inner city, it set off a chain reaction that now requires military intervention. More than […]
As young Croatians head west, employers are looking to foreign and retired workers to tackle labour shortages
Wine is a family business for Toni Katunar. His family has been producing wine for decades, and their 20,000 vines are located on the paradise […]
In the United States, ‘click workers’ are struggling to make ends meet
Evan Hutchinson lives connected to his computer, day and night. At 27 years old, this Houston-based film graduate is what is known as a ‘click […]
In Albania, call centre workers are organising for better working conditions
In one of the few old houses still standing in central Tirana, a small courtyard covered with colourful posters of social struggles from around the […]
Data fails to capture complexity of South Africa’s unemployment crisis
It’s been 25 years since democracy dawned in South Africa. But apartheid’s legacies still scar the country. Poverty remains high; inequality remains extreme – and […]
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