Zandile Bangani

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.

Stories by: Zandile Bangani

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13 March 2019: Four-year-old Zbusiso Ntshangase does a handstand between activities at the early childhood development centre in Germiston run by Noetsie Elizabeth Brink.

Giving children a solid foundation for learning

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.

By: Zandile Bangani
7 Jun 2019

News

Should learners have to choose between sanitary pads and school?

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.

By: Zandile Bangani
4 Jun 2019

Features

5 March 2019: Leah Ndanga and her son, Emmanuel, outside their home.

Parental love helps children with disabilities

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.

By: Tebadi Mmotla, Zandile Bangani
2 Apr 2019

News

14 January 2019. Catherine Moema, who suffers from glaucoma and is partially sighted, says applying online for the school’s registration process is a challenge for the sick, elderly and those who are unable to walk.

Gauteng school applications not accessible to all

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.

By: Zandile Bangani
25 Feb 2019

News

25 October 2018: A woman and child gaze at the destruction caused by the fire that destroyed hundreds of homes in Khayelitsha.

After the Khayelitsha inferno

Blowy residents recall their night of terror as they begin the long labour of rebuilding their shattered lives.

By: Zandile Bangani
2 Nov 2018

Features

4 October 2018: Ntsako Mathabathe has changed for the better since joining the Tembisa Kiddies Book Club.

Tembisa Kiddies Book Club makes learning cool

Township women create safe spaces for children to develop and express themselves through reading.

By: Zandile Bangani
24 Oct 2018

Features

31 August 2018: Lucy Ramohapi completed her matric at 62 years old and is now studying towards a degree in education.

This 66-year-old proves you’re never too old to study

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.

By: Zandile Bangani
5 Oct 2018

Features

20 September 2018. Sindi Mkhize. Her husband, S'bu Zikode, has recently been subject to threats and warnings of an imminent assassination.

Sindi Mkhize: Living in the shadow of death

A conversation with Sindi Mkhize, from Abahlali baseMjondolo, about making family life amid the escalating political repression in Durban.

By: Zandile Bangani
24 Sep 2018

Features

08 August 2018: ‘PHARAOH’ The word that 13-year-old Hlulani Baloyi had to spell correctly in order to win the national championship of the Mzansi Spelling Bee competition.

Meet the ‘golden girl’ of Malamulele

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…

By: Zandile Bangani
21 Sep 2018

News

2 August 2018: Vhulaudzi Secondary School in Matakani, Makado in rural Limpopo is in disrepair.

‘No-fee’ school is suffering from lack of funding

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.

By: Zandile Bangani
10 Sep 2018

News

Kwambenya Senior Primary, a school on the outskirts of Bizana in the Eastern Cape.

Infrastructure crisis cripples schools in the rural Eastern Cape

New Frame visited two schools in Bizana, in the Eastern Cape, where basic infrastructure is either absent, grossly inadequate, or in abysmal disrepair.

By: Zandile Bangani
16 Aug 2018