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As well as missed opportunities, ‘Generation Corona’ is also grieving lost moments

27th August 2020 Equal Times 0

For Rebecca McKeon, a 19-year-old living in Wexford, Ireland, graduating from secondary school was a quick and rather uneventful experience. In mid-June, her school organised […]

Unemployed graduates protest in Pretoria

14th August 2020 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

South Africa has one of the world’s highest unemployment rates accounting for around 6.7-million people, 67% of whom are young people.

Impact of school closures on education outcomes in South Africa

5th May 2020 the conversation 0

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

4th December 2019 Equal Times 0

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

8th November 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

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

24th October 2019 Sinethemba Cawe 0

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

22nd October 2019 Stella Sabi 0

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

26th September 2019 Tandeka Bafo 0

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

8th August 2019 Don Pinnock 0

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

25th July 2019 Equal Times 0

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

22nd July 2019 Equal Times 0

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

10th July 2019 Equal Times 0

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 […]

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