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Student success begins with wellness

Mental wellbeing enables students to cope with stress, realise their abilities, learn and work well, and ultimately contribute to their community

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No one who qualifies for tertiary education should be denied access

Do the research first: Your student loan repayments should not burden you with lifelong debt

Makgau Dibakwane, CEO of Fundi
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Fundi webinar on student funding

‘The poorest of the poor have an equal right to be educated’

Chris Maroleng
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Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: Reflections on the state of conflict after five years

Military interventions will not solve the underlying problems that caused the ‘insurgency’ in the first place

Janine Walter, Director, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southern Africa;  Princess Majola, Assembly of the Unemployed; Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu; Dominic Brown of AIDC; Brenda Sibeko from Social Development and webinar moderator Zikhona Ntshona.
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Introducing the universal basic income grant in South Africa

A universal basic income will enhance the economy by enabling more money to circulate among people

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Making strides in climate resilience

‘The media has a huge role to play in reminding us that we are living in a climate crisis’

Christine Muhigana, UNICEF Representative for South Africa.
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Reflections on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS 2022)

Understanding the mid-term budget in a low growth, highly volatile environment

Phumi Nhlapo, Chief Operations Officer at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation.
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A conversation on equity in the workforce, domestic violence and women’s economic justice

Co-hosted by the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation and Shared Interest

Professor Onkgopotse JJ Tabane
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SA is rich in resources and has a young labour force — why isn’t the economy growing?

South Africa has the resources and a massive untapped labour force – what is stopping the economy from growing?

DDP senior programs officer Sphamandla Brian Mhlongo
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‘We are sleepwalking into a constitutional crisis’

Parliament is changing the way we vote — a new law, the Electoral Amendment Bill is being discussed — but so far, it’s a disaster

Platforms should be created, and sustained, in workplaces where mental health can be discussed openly.
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Tackling mental well-being at work

What tools can leaders use to promote an open environment in the workplace where employees can share their stories?

Unity: Panellists and speakers pose for a photo at the GGA event at the JSE in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 11 October.
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‘Keep sending the ladder down so others can climb up’

Advancing conversations and action around Africa’s girl child, reimagining a better today and future for the benefit of all

Applications for NSFAS student accommodation off-take agreements

The Future of Student Funding and the Sustainability of African Higher Education Financing Agencies: What are the opportunities post Covid-19 Pandemic?

Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Ms Thembi Siweya
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Women’s socioeconomic rights and empowerment: building back better for women’s improved resilience

A united network of women, from leaders and farmers, to learners and the elderly can build the solidarity needed to support the development of women

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China vs the US: The battle for digital supremacy in Africa

Will African countries be forced to choose only one superpower for their ICT infrastructure?

Africa’s Covid-19 management services must be integrated into existing health services
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Beyond Covid-19: Strengthening Africa’s health systems to address current and future health priorities

The focus must be on primary and preventative healthcare

Onesisa Mtwa
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‘An untapped lever – The abandoned Liquor Amendment Bill’

Working together is the way forward to save young lives

Healthy kids before profit: Learners from Dlomodlomo High School in Nhlazatshe, Mpumalanga participated in an awareness campaign about the proposed changes to BELA and how it can affect them negatively. The campaign was rolled out by SAAPA SA alliance partner, Albert Luthuli Human Rights Advice Centre.

Should alcohol be in schools?

Having it available at schools will normalise its use in the eyes of learners

Quintin Goliath, aka Jitsvinger
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CoCreating our Identity for the Future

‘Every day, we must reflect on how to make this a better world — not just the government, or artists, or activists, it is about all of us’

Sylvia Vollenhoven
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Who speaks? Voices from the past

‘Western religion helped to destroy our connections with ourselves and our ancestors, so we became much more malleable slaves’