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Early learning difficulties lead to school dropout, poor matric results, repeated school years and a less effective system for preparing young people for the world

What we are learning about distance learning

Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg has learned some important lessons about teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown

Japan sees Africa as having great promise because of its natural resources, particularly those used in smartphones. Photo: File

Zambian mine threatens world heritage site

Zambia’s high court is to decide on issuing a licence for a copper mine in a game reserve bordering Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools world heritage site.

University of Pretoria awarded Unesco chair

The UN education arm, Unesco, has awarded the Chair in Education Law to the University of Pretoria, the tertiary institution said on Monday.

Ray of hope for Algeria’s crumbling Casbah?

The deadliest of the many blows suffered by Algiers’s disintegrating old quarter may actually be contemporary.

Jordan: A world in one

In recent years, Jordan has started to develop its own shores to attract visitors. Pithy taglines like "turn sand into gold" sum up the determination the Jordanians have to make…

Park manager arrested over gorilla deaths

A senior manager at a world heritage African wildlife park was arrested on Tuesday as an investigation into the killing of 10 rare mountain gorillas gathered pace, a government…

Cricket makes return to tsunami-hit stadium

England and Sri Lanka will mark one of cricket’s most poignant moments when they contest the third Test at the previously tsunami-ravaged Galle International Stadium from…

Cuba libre

"At last, we are now on the freeway!" said my driver, exhaling proudly, adjusting his sunglasses and revving our white Hyundai hatchback to a recklessly exhilarating 80kph. I…

DA got it wrong on Skweyiya, says govt

The Democratic Alliance (DA) got it wrong when criticising Minister of Social Development Zola Skweyiya for travelling abroad, his department said on Wednesday. The DA…

St Petersburg may lose world heritage status

It is, quite simply, Russia’s most breathtakingly beautiful city. However, St Petersburg, Russia’s second city and former imperial capital, is in danger of being chucked off…

Getting more out of Africa’s media education

At Ibadan Polytechnic in Nigeria, Jonathan Adejunmobi has a hard job teaching journalism. For a start, there’s not even water to flush the toilets. Then, the school he heads has…

Capturing rhythm, meaning and narrativity

Literary lion Ngugi wa Thiong’o tells Niren Tolsi about the hurdles facing Africa and African writers and how they can be surmounted.