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Grace Matlhape

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Grace Matlhape

Grace Matlhape is the chief executive of SmartStart, the national early learning social franchise

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CHILDCARE SERVICES

Early learning is essential to economic development

Besides giving a child a head start, early childhood learning centres free up women to work and create employment opportunities for them

  • Grace Matlhape
  • Hopolang Selebalo
7 min read
ECD forums, if well run, have the potential to become essential resources in their communities. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
BASIC EDUCATION

Simple solutions for SA’s ECD dilemma

Home-based early childhood development centres can provide learning – and work for unemployed women

  • Grace Matlhape
  • Rebecca Hickman
6 min read