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Victoria John

Victoria studied journalism, specialising in photojournalism, at Rhodes University from 2004 to 2007. After traveling around the US and a brief stint in the UK she did a year's internship at The Independent on Saturday in Durban. She then worked as a reporter for the South African Press Association for a year before joining the Mail & Guardian as an education reporter in August 2011.

Weather information can now be gathered even in remote areas.

Airports go to the dogs to save lives

Man’s best friend has been brought on board to chase foraging birds from local airstrips.

Schools deaf, blind to pupils’ needs

Children with disabilities are not being properly catered to by SA’s so-called special schools.

Supportive: Schools must recognise that ‘no one is disabled: all persons are abled differently’.

Traditional leaders ‘scared’ of disabled people

Disabled people in rural areas say that "negative attitudes, lack of patience, are barriers to accessing justice in the traditional courts".

All eyes on the artist: Amy Adams as Margaret Keane in Tim Burton’s Big Eyes.

UJ student protesters ‘sold out’ by ANC-aligned SRC

A group of University of Johannesburg students tells the M&G about the price they are prepared to pay for free university education.

UJ students ‘beaten up’ by bouncers

Students at the University of Johannesburg say they were harrassed by Fidelity bouncers during a peaceful occupation of the vice chancellor’s office.

Red light: The Economic Freedom Fighters marched to the JSE with a list of 17 demands.

Yes and no to EFF’s list of demands

Analysts say some of the requirements could be met successfully but others are non-starters.

Sit-down-and-talk is key to UJ calm

Its campuses might have been calmer than other universities’ but the institution is not out of the #FeesMustFall woods yet.

The Red Ants evict residents of Castle Blaney, near Hillbrow in the Johannesburg central business district, on a cold Monday morning. Oupa Nkosi, M&G

Homeless CBD residents abandoned after ‘disaster of massive proportion’

About 1000 Jeppestown residents are homeless after being evicted and their building burned down – and authorities have still not come to their aid.

Life cut short: Michael Komape’s funeral last year.

Motshekga denies responsibility in toilet death

The state said they should not have known that the toilet Michael Komape drowned in was unsafe for use.

Dr Esther Muia – representative in South Africa UNFPA.

Are families at the heart of our gender-based violence response?

Only a third of South African children live with both parents

Has paternity denial become the norm in SA?

Women often blame themselves for their pregnancy, whereas men are "innocent until proven guilty", a debate on paternity at Wits University has heard.

Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has allegedly failed to act against some people who reportedly knew about the financial irregularities at the school.

MEC stalls over high school funds row

Parents claim Panyaza Lesufi is ignoring some of the findings of two damning auditors’ reports.

The principal of Glen Vista High School has been suspended for allegedly receiving payments for work she did not do.

Principal of ‘corrupt’ Glenvista High suspended

The suspension is the latest scandal to hit the school, where millions of rand are alleged to have been blown on personal use.

Bantu Holomisa has called for the suspension of all unlisted investments at the PIC. (David Harrison/M&G)

SIU probe into E Cape education limited to one tender

Observers are shocked by the presidency’s decision to investigate the awarding of just one tender in its EC education department probe.

The Frenchman is keen to move to Barcelona — the Spanish transfer window does not shut till the end of the month. (Reuters/Carl Recine)

‘Bad’ children condemned as witches

Youngsters in Tanzania who are suffering from epilepsy or who are just ‘naughty’ face exorcisms, beatings and even death.

The court case sets a promising precedent for other communities struggling against oppressive traditional authority rule.

Bringing democracy to traditional law

A court decision has dealt a blow to the manner in which the Eastern Cape government interpreted customary law relating to the appointment of chiefs.

If mitigating steps are not taken immediately, in a concerted effort by all stakeholders, the pandemic will be a catastrophe for girls.

Child marriage still rife in Mozambique

More than half a million Mozambican women between the ages of 20 and 24 years old got married before the age of 18.

The health department has acknowledged that drastic action is required to reduce the number of maternal deaths in South Africa.

Poor children need to be supported from the womb, say experts

Unborn children who will enter into poverty need targeted support to help them, especially during the crucial first 1 000 days of life.

Black pupils schooled in dread

Pupils in KwaZulu-Natal say staff have introduced a unilateral policy that is rooted in prejudice.

Teacher brings all of herself to the classroom

Wright’s presence lends support to pupils questioning their sexuality and gender roles