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Panelists Siki Mgabadeli and Angelo Fick at the critical thinking forum centred on the education crisis in South Africa

​‘The current state of basic education should cause outrage’

Take it back to the basics and focus on reading, writing and understanding

Education policy specialist Naledi Mbude

Teaching in the mother tongue

The MTBBE programme is an important part of decolonisation

Fighting talk: Helen Zille’s spokesperson says she has taken a ‘whole of society’ approach to women’s liberation.

Helen Zille’s words were taken out of context and used in a straw-man argument

‘Various proposals were also discussed to ensure that men also carried the consequences of unintended pregnancies.’

Sadtu declared their commitment to improving quality public education by defending the education budget

Youth alliance rejects education as an essential service

The Progressive Youth Alliance will not support moves to declare education an essential service and thereby curtail teachers’ rights to strike.

ANC moves to make education an essential service

The debate around making teaching an essential service intensified as the ANC reaffirmed its stance on the move seen as an attempt to prevent strikes.

Khaya Dlanga: ‘You need an educated work force to drive an economy of the 21st Century. ‘

Education is the new struggle

The ANC has identified three priorities for South Africa to focus on as a nation. Tragically, education isn’t one of them, writes Khaya Dlanga.

Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu

The man with the plan

Senzo Mchunu is a hands-on man who is very realistic about the immense challenges that his department faces.

Africa must choose its own path

Africa must choose its own path

Policymakers eager to please the West transplant policies that stunt the continent’s growth.