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Dr Lynn Bowie, Director of Mathematics at OLICO Maths Education.
2023 2024 NSTF SOUTH32 AWARDS

The maths masters

OLICO makes maths accessible, meaningful and enjoyable

  • Jamaine Krige
2 min read
South Africa must resist two dangerous temptations simultaneously: the temptation to demonise all foreign nationals and the temptation to silence every concern about illegal immigration through accusations of xenophobia. (Paul Botes)
COVID 19

This is how xenophobia damages the economy

The market, allowed to flourish and create jobs, is the solution, not violent nationalism

  • Sindile Vabaza
5 min read
Targeted: On the day the M&G visited the township, immigration officials arrested people without reasonable suspicion of a crime having been committed, allegedly for ‘looking like’ foreigners. Photos: Denvor de Wee
ALEXANDRA

Diepsloot raids ‘illegal’, say lawyers

Harassment, xenophobia – and jubilation – are on display when Mail & Guardian visits the township

  • Bongeka Gumede
9 min read
Tensions boiling over: Residents protesting against the rise of crime in Diepsloot, Soweto, on Wednesday. Police Minister Bheki Cele attended, as did vigilante movement Operation Dudula, which has grown momentum over the past year. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)
BHEKI CELE

Anarchy reigns: Police on high alert as Operation Dudula gains momentum

State security and the SAPS are on high alert as vigilante group gain momentum, but police concede they do not have the resources to stop Operation Dudula form stoking xenophobia

  • Lizeka Tandwa
8 min read
A Congolese man holds a banner during a demonstration against xenophobia in Johannesburg, on March 26, 2022 organized by the activist movement against xenophobic attacks Kopanang Africa. Kopanang is a Sotho words meaning “gathering together”. – In recent weeks, scores of protesters in South Africa have been staging demonstrations against undocumented migrants in what they have dubbed “Operation Dudula”, Zulu for “drive back” whose leader Nhlanhla ìLuxî Dlamini was arrested on Thursday according to the police. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

How do vigilante groups like Dudula come into being?

The state’s failure to act as a source of moral or political authority creates a vacuum that ‘seductive’ populist movements are happy to fill

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read
Greener pastures: Construction companies and households in Diepsloot, in the north of Johannesburg, that illegally dumped refuse created an opportunity for Nondumiso Sibiya to establish Boombadotmobi recycling company that includes composting. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
DIEPSLOOT

Illegal dumping in Diepsloot gives rise to waste economy

Nondumiso Sibiya has found value in collecting refuse and working with waste pickers

  • Marcia Zali
2 min read
Xenophobic South Africans base their beliefs on apartheid-like differences such as people from elsewhere on the continent have darker skins. Photo: Photo: Hanna Brunlof (file)
DIEPSLOOT

Foreign nationals need to assist police in curbing crime

Infraction knows no nationality, but identifying perpetrators is necessary to control it

  • Zenzo Moyo
5 min read
Waste of energy: Trucks carry untreated sewage sludge from Northern Water Waste Treatment Works to farms. If the sludge were used to produce electricity, it could save the City of Johannesburg millions of rands each year. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BIOGAS

Raw power dumped on farms

About 500 tonnes of sewage is trucked daily across Gauteng and disposed of on mielie fields instead of being used to make biogas

  • Kevin Davie
7 min read
Energy drain: The giant pipe through Riversands transports 460 megalitres of sewage a day. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
BIOGAS

Jozi’s biogas plant goes to waste

The Northern Works sewage plant could generate 4.2MW of power but is operating at 20% capacity

  • Kevin Davie
6 min read
In April, UniZulu announced that it had negotiated zero-rated data with MTN, Telkom and Cell C in so its students could access teaching and learning on its online platform without incurring data costs (Oupa Nkosi)
DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION

Parents scrambling to get spaces in Gauteng schools

New application system allows children to apply for schools further than 30km from their home — with 320 000 spaces available

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
Beaufort West (David Harrison)
DIEPSLOOT

Sex workers do it for their kids

Their chief concern is the wellbeing of their children so that they can do better than their mothers

  • Carl Collison
6 min read
South African kids are really struggling with maths, and that’s where OLICO steps in to help
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

OLICO Maths pupils score top marks in matric

Investing in the Future STEM Skills Development Award. Winner: OLICO Maths

  • Advertorial Supplement
4 min read
Johannesburg’s infrastructure includes 22 000 manhole covers. To get water to homes, the utility has 117 reservoirs 31 pump stations and 1 100km of piping. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
DIEPSLOOT

The state of Joburg’s pipes

A kilometre of new piping costs R1-million. Johannesburg Water has 2 200km of ageing pipeline

  • Sipho Kings
3 min read
When it comes to weaving a good yarn
DIEPSLOOT

Want to write a story people won’t forget? [WATCH] this

When it comes to weaving a good yarn, the devil really is in the detail.

  • Mia Malan
1 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma.
DIEPSLOOT

The third of us who live with so little

Here are the stories of the many who have to survive on very little.

  • Sarah Smit
  • Gemma Ritchie
  • Mashadi Kekana
6 min read
A recent study in Diepsloot in northern Johannesburg shows that 56% of a sample of 2600 men have raped or beaten a woman. Most said they have done so more than once.
ALCOHOL
Video

‘I will rape them personally, those drunkard women in the short dresses’

In this township, alcohol makes violent men close to three times more likely to rape a woman.

  • Mia Malan
27 min read
DUT spokesperson Noxolo Memela conceded that the university had not concluded 2018 salary negotiations in time for implementation on January 1.
DIEPSLOOT

‘I would have killed myself’: Free app puts care at rape survivors’ fingertips

In Diepsloot, Bhekisisa’s Vimba! app is helping rape survivors access life-saving care and treatment.

  • Pontsho Pilane
8 min read
CHILD RAPES

Child rape in Diepsloot: The shocking story that sparked outrage

Read an excerpt from the award-winning story that kick-started a campaign to link survivors of rape and gender-based violence to care.

  • Mia Malan
6 min read
CHILD RAPES

Child rape in Diepsloot: The shocking story that sparked outrage

Read an excerpt from the award-winning story that kick-started a campaign to link survivors of rape and gender-based violence to care.

  • Mia Malan
7 min read
DEPRESSION

Gogos step up for peace of mind

Depression among the elderly is largely overlooked, but exercise can help to counter it.

  • Amy Green
7 min read