In a converted house in a rural village, a caregiver sings to a group of toddlers. In a township shack, children gather around a single table,...
In a country grappling with an education crisis, the most critical years of a child’s learning life are being systematically neglected. Despite a high-profile promise of...
In communities across South Africa, a quiet crisis is unfolding, one that doesn’t always make the front page but has the power to shape a generation....
“If the beginning of the story is weak, the chapters that follow will always be harder to write.”Those were the words of Basic Education Minister Siviwe...
At a packed convention centre in Cape Town, education experts, teachers’ unions and government officials gathered for the G20 National Education Indaba. The message was clear:...
“No 10-year-old should be left behind because of where they were born.”That was the rallying cry from South Africa’s new Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube,...
Early Childhood Development (ECD) educators and crèche owners took to the streets of Johannesburg on Tuesday, 15 April 2025, demanding urgent changes to what they call...