Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Zandile Bangani was born and raised in Cape Town. She writes about matters pertaining to education and is committed to improving the level of education available to working-class and impoverished families.
Dismal working and living conditions on farms drove farm workers on to the streets of Cape Town in protest against inhumane treatment, gender discrimination and evictions.
South African university graduates are willing to take menial jobs because of the dearth of suitable employment despite being highly educated.
Orapeleng Vivian has the talent, but a lack of training facilities, coaches and sponsorship is impeding her dream of competing internationally.
The courts declared it unconstitutional to exclude domestic workers from being compensated for injuries sustained on duty. But legal protection continues to be difficult to access.
Armed with brooms and mops, domestic workers took to the streets to demand better wages, recourse to legal protection against unscrupulous employers, proper paid leave and payslips.
A preschool and aftercare centre in Germiston is an apt model for early childhood centres, preparing young children for pre-primary and helping bring older children up to speed.
The National Sanitary Dignity Implementation Framework aims to provide pads free in no-fee schools. Ambitiously, its long-term goal is to distribute to all girls in all schools.
Battling slow and inadequate government care, parents of children with disabilities both go it alone and set up organisations to help their offspring live full lives.
The application system excludes many guardians and parents who don’t have access to the internet and so can’t easily apply for school places for their children and grandchildren.
Blowy residents recall their night of terror as they begin the long labour of rebuilding their shattered lives.
Township women create safe spaces for children to develop and express themselves through reading.
At 66, Lucy Ramohapi is studying education, determined to become a teacher and eventually a principal. She hopes her bravery and dedication will inspire others.
A conversation with Sindi Mkhize, from Abahlali baseMjondolo, about making family life amid the escalating political repression in Durban.
New Frame visits grade 7 learner Hlulani Baloyi who took the top prize at the Mzansi Spelling Bee, a national spelling competition that promotes literacy and a culture of reading among young South…
A lack of funding is placing an added burden on already-vulnerable parents, who must supplement underfunded children at a dilapidated school in rural Limpopo.
New Frame visited two schools in Bizana, in the Eastern Cape, where basic infrastructure is either absent, grossly inadequate, or in abysmal disrepair.