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Vuyo MkizeIn 1995, a year into his presidency, Nelson Mandela announced he would be donating a third of his presidential salary to the Nelson...

ANGOP The Ministry of Education (MED) intends to encompass the adult education into the secondary education to secure the continued training of the pupils involved...

Mirirai Nsingo Fifteen-year-old Belinda** from Highfield, Harare misses school every time she goes through her menstrual cycle. Apart from the dysmenorrhea (also known as painful...

Thuletho Zwane One of the more pertinent questions asked at the African Development Bank (AfDB) 2018 annual meetings was whether African states could strategically and...

Bongekile Macupe Khaya Cekeshe badly wanted to study law at the University of the Witwatersrand but his parents couldn’t afford the fees.After doing one year...

Jenna EtheridgeProfessor Mamokgethi Phakeng started her education under a tree and had to walk up to 10km just to get to school.Today, she is...

Thuletho ZwaneMatome Rapetsoa was seven years old when he watched his first play. This was back in 1983.“The play was called 'Forget about me'....

Pfungwa wekwa NyamukachiI got my 2-minutes of fame on national radio (SAfm). A first for me. I had been asked to contribute a book review...

Thabo MohlalaWith South Africans still on a buoyant mood following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s positive and inspiring State of the Nation speech, experts say the...

Vicky AbrahamA 17-year-old first-year medical student at Wits University is smiling all the way to the bank.Refilwe Selepe from Qwa-Qwa in the Free State...

Bonile KhanyiThe Walter Sisulu University (WSU) is planning to build two new student residences in a desperate attempt to deal with the lack...

Bonile KhanyiAfter six long weeks of writing exams and another five weeks of anxiously waiting for results, the matric class of 2017 will...

Thabo MohlalaThe Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is not only concerned with universities but they are looking at the re-configuration of the...

Thabo MohlalaThe Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) has announced its inaugural group of 29 fellows to begin a year-long programme aimed at eliminating...

Wachira Kigotho Last month, Flora Awino, a student at Mount Kenya University, lost a case in the High Court in which she was challenging her...

Thabo MohlalaToday marks the day Oliver Reginald Tambo, affectionately known as OR, would have turned 100 years old. He is by common consent a...

Funding of higher education remains a huge challenge Bonile KhanyiThe Department of Higher Education and Training has called for a co-ordinated funding mechanism across...

Thabo MohlalaThe South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) must continue to be a militant, progressive and revolutionary union that advances its members’ interest but...

The 5th of October is a day observed around the world where we celebrate and appreciate the role teachers’ play in shaping our society...

Thabo MohlalaKing Goodwill Zwelithini’s recent remarks have forced back on the agenda the issue of corporal punishment in schools. There have been spikes in...