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EDUCATION

Parental involvement in schooling enhances education

Parents need to feel empowered and have sufficient knowledge about what is happening in schools are better able to advocate for their children’s rights and champion their education

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
Widespread tuberculosis awareness campaigns can rein in its increasing transmission rates.
DAVID MABUZA

Most people with TB don’t seek treatment, HSRC survey finds

More men than women have tuberculosis and 82% are in the 15 to 24 age group

  • Marcia Zali
3 min read
Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon paid a hefty fine for colluding on costing for upgrading a section of the Sishen-Saldanha railway line.
COUNCIL ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Varsities must meet labour needs

#FeesMustFall is a real opportunity to rethink the university sector’s future and priorities

  • Vijay Reddy 1
7 min read
The ANC has achieved its target of increasing the number of no-fee schools to 60% of public schools.
ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS

Vast improvements in pupils’ national test results ‘not possible’

If the annual national assessments are to be believed, SA has the fastest developing education system in the world – a highly unlikely conclusion.

  • Victoria John
7 min read
HUMAN SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

Housing a factor in xenophobic attacks, says report

Housing policy was identified as an important trigger for the outbreak of xenophobic attacks, a report by the HSRC revealed on Wednesday.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
AGRICULTURE

Minister: Land issues essential to SADC stability

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) needs to urgently tackle land issues to foster regional stability and promote sustainable economic growth, Agriculture and Land…

  • Carol Hills
2 min read