Three-year-old boy attacked with acid in UK
Five charged over 'acid attack' on three-year-old UK boyFive men aged from 22 to 41 were charged on Wednesday over a suspected acid attack on a three-year-old boy in Britain.The boy was taken to...
View ArticlePoor Zim girls rely on rags, paper, leaves for their monthlies
Too poor for periods, Zimbabwe's girls rely on rags, paper, leavesWhen her monthly period comes, 17-year-old Maria Chaodza dismantles a home-made pillowcase and picks out pieces of its worn stuffing -...
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Preparing Learners for the Future
It came to me as a big surprise that many South African education professionals seem to regard Life Orientation as an insignificant, to some even a worthless part of our education. Many learners also...
View ArticleChild law centre loses SCA bid
01 Oct 2018Media houses may continue to name children involved in criminal cases after they turn 18 and “become adults”, whether they be victims, witnesses or offenders, the Supreme Court of Appeal...
View ArticleKids in search for a better life
11 October 2018 The eight teenagers walking towards the bright-green house, called Casa da Acolhida, look like any other group of young people. But they’re not.Carrying their possessions in torn...
View ArticleInvest in children's health and education to spur economic growth
11 October 2018Governments should invest in healthcare and education for children in order to boost economic growth, the World Bank urged on Thursday.More than half of all children born this year will...
View ArticleEngen KlevaKidz surpasses 700 schools visited across South Africa
Over the past 10 years, the Engen KlevaKidz’s often life-saving safety messages have reached over a quarter of a million vulnerable children. Engen KlevaKidz is an annual educational campaign that...
View ArticleRamaphosa: Country to launch plan to tackle gender-based violence
01 November 2018 "20 000 people were killed in the past year. The majority of killers and victims are men," Ramaphosa says at summit.President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa will...
View ArticleMpumalanga hospital ordered to explain how two babies died
The Mpumalanga health department has given Shongwe Hospital until Friday to release a report into how two infants died, amid suspicions that the cause of death was a lack of oxygen.MEC Sasekani Manzini...
View ArticlePremature deaths on the decline
This World Prematurity Day, 17 November 2018, the South African Breastmilk Reserve (SABR) is celebrating the lives of almost 20 000 premature babies that have been saved through the provision of safe...
View ArticleLandmark moment for children’s rights in South Africa
28 November 2018The Constitutional Court will this week consider the constitutionality of the use of corporal punishment in the home. The court prohibited beatings in detention settings in 1995 and in...
View ArticleZimbabwe left with less than a week of fuel supplies
28 Novemebr 2018 Poor planning by the Zimbabwe government has resulted in the country facing dwindling fuel supplies.For the past two weeks there have been long, winding queues countrywide. The most...
View ArticleTraining on Community Health and Nutrition
DEVIMPACT INSTITUTEAbout the course In most developing countries the majority of the population-the rural population especially-does not receive even the most basic health care or any nutritional...
View ArticleEducation analysis misses the mark
A recent comment piece published in the Mail & Guardian (“Basic education is failing the economy”) expresses alarm at the performance of the schooling system and the implications for the economy....
View ArticleKamva Lengisi tops Engen Maths and Science School’s Cala class
The personal success of Kamva Lengisi, the top matric at the Engen Maths and Science School (EMSS) in Cala in the rural Eastern Cape, will be South Africa’s gain, as he plans to attend Nelson Mandela...
View ArticleStriking Zimbabwean teachers earn equivalent of just R700 a month
06 February 2019 Teachers in Zimbabwe - who say their salaries are now so eroded they cannot afford to buy groceries or pay for school fees for their own children - are on the second day of a go-slow...
View ArticleCellphone footage emerges of shocking schoolboy bullying
15 February 2019 A relative of a grade 8 victim has shared the video of the attack to highlight the terror and trauma of bullying in schools. It was filmed at the Duvha Combined School in Witbank. The...
View ArticleMalawi removes 260 minors from adult prisons
14 February 2019 Malawi has removed nearly 270 minors from two adult prisons, a legal action group said on Wednesday, following a court ruling and warnings about food shortages, disease risk and...
View ArticleMiracle baby's mom, granny have not been arrested
14 February 2019 Police have slammed as false news allegations circulating on social media about the arrest of two women in connection with an infant who was on Monday dumped in a stormwater drain in...
View ArticleTravelling classroom bridges digital divide in Benin
14 February 2019 School was out, but on an afternoon in rural Benin, 11-year-old Ambroise rushed to a tree-shaded parking lot, his day's learning not yet done.Parked beneath the cola trees was a lorry...
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