What was SOMAFCO’s role in the ANC’s conceptualisation of public education? We are where we are because of our past. Nothing proves this more than South Africa’s public education system. Like other public education systems across the world, it has chan…
South Africa’s unemployment rate has sky-rocketed to a staggering 30,1% in the first quarter of 2020. This means that of the roughly 24 000 000 people in our labour force, over 7 million are currently unemployed. This unwanted statistic puts South Afri…
South Africa’s unemployment rate has sky-rocketed to a staggering 30,1% in the first quarter of 2020. This means that of the roughly 24 000 000 people in our labour force, over 7 million are currently unemployed. This unwanted statistic puts South Afri…
Should online Schooling as the ‘new normal’ leave older teachers behind? The concepts of ‘e-learning’ and ‘online schooling’ are filled with a near magical aura of curiosity and novelty. When I hear these terms, I tend to think of words and phrases suc…
What educational policy lessons can we learn from the 1918 Global flu pandemic to help in our current COVID-19 crisis? The world is currently experiencing a global event that will no doubt cement its place in the history books. A time when most countri…
In a Neoliberal world, what really constitutes a citizen? Citizenship is a hotly debated (and currently loaded) topic worldwide. Related to this idea of citizenship is the Trumpesque phenomena which is sweeping across the globe and which seems to have …
Do you see them? The beginning of a new school year – for most teachers and learners – is accompanied with excitement, hope, the intention to do better than the last and of course a bit of fear of the unknown. This phenomenon is true throug…
Education as a public good: is it any good for the public? Born in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga in 1988 to two loving parents and two caring older siblings. I completed my schooling in Piet Retief (now known as Mkhondo) and was the first Indian/Black studen…
