Risk and opportunity as early childhood development moves to DBE
This year’s State of the Nation Address may have radically changed South Africa’s prospects for education and economic growth. For the first time, there is a clear commitment to early childhood...
View ArticleMYSCHOOL MYVILLAGE MYPLANET AND GROW PARTNER FOR QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD...
February 2019 The MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet community loyalty programme has launched a new partnership with the GROW with Educare Centres project to establish 21 high quality early childhood...
View ArticleLEARNING IN THE MOTHER TONGUE IS BEST
International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is celebrated on 21 February each year with the overall aim of promoting linguistic diversity and multilingual education. This year, the day will be framed by...
View ArticleHands-on Experience Learning : Embrace
Connecting South Africans around motherhood: Three strategic insights that have shaped the mission of Embrace Embrace is a national movement to help create connected, supported and celebrated...
View ArticleDR Congo child soldiers surrender arms and amulets
28 February 2019 "For me, the war is now over." If words alone carry weight, there are hopes that a brutal conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo may draw to an end.The words were spoken by Mado, a...
View ArticlePaarl Boys' High probe sparks wave of support for corporal punishment
7 March 2019 A wave of support for corporal punishment in schools followed the Western Cape education department’s confirmation on Thursday that it is investigating Paarl Boys’ High School.Facebook...
View ArticleSA DEVELOPS CODING, ROBOTICS CURRICULA FOR GRADE R-9
The South African government is developing curricula for coding and robotics for grades R to 9.So said minister of basic education Angie Motshekga. "To create a sustainable industrialisation and keep...
View ArticlePresident Cyril Ramaphosa: 2019 Human Rights Day
Keynote address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of national Human Rights Day at the George Thabe Sports Ground, SharpevilleProgramme Directors, Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi...
View ArticleA place to call home
20 March 2019: Nobuhle Mohlala, who was raised at SOS Children’s Villages Nelspruit, wrote an inspiring letter thanking SOS Children’s Villages SA for the loving home provided to her for more than 10...
View ArticleNew app takes African short stories to the world
Anew local app hopes to give African writers global exposure by connecting them with literature fanatics in SA, US and the UK.Storytelling app BookBeak says it is the first African app-based platform...
View ArticleYoung Leaders for Children Conference
Centre for Early Childhood Development'Young Leaders for Children' Conference - A conference for emerging young leaders to drive sustainable change in the children’s sector!The Centre for Early...
View ArticleLesufi ready to 'pounce'
4 April 2019 Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Thursday said he battled to finish watching the video of a young child being beaten by her teacher as she forced the child to clean up her own...
View ArticleZimbabwe top court bans 'inhuman' caning of juvenile convicts
4 April 2019Zimbabwe’s apex court has delivered a ruling banning the use of corporal punishment for juvenile convicts stating that it was inhumane and contravened the constitution.Nine judges sitting...
View ArticleGauteng’s education inequality is being addressed
INEQUALITYThandi has passed matric with flying colours. She has been accepted at the University of Cape Town, but has no laptop. At least she is tech-savvy.Sipho on the other hand is from a rural...
View ArticleHands-on Experience Learning : Embrace
Connecting South Africans around motherhood: Three strategic insights that have shaped the mission of Embrace Embrace is a national movement to help create connected, supported and celebrated...
View ArticleEight year old kills grandfather
Randfontein man dies after being shot – allegedly by granddaughter (8)A Randfontein man has died in hospital a week after his eight-year-old granddaughter accidentally shot him.“The man died yesterday...
View ArticleWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's memorial
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela memorial was a day of laughter, tearsWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's official memorial service at Orlando Stadium in Soweto was a celebratory event with an electric and jovial...
View Article10 Ways to Raise Awareness for Child Protection Month
The month of May is child protection month in South Africa and this year child protection week is celebrated from 28 May to 4 June 2018. Valcare members, KIN Culture and KiBWE have also successfully...
View ArticleChild victims of violence: The stories behind SA’s child abuse statistics
Child protection statistics in South Africa paint a troubling picture: high proportions of the nation’s children victimised by violence. But in a country numbed by shocking crime statistics it is easy...
View ArticleThirteen year old by raped by five classmates
Thaba Nchu schoolboy raped by five classmatesFive Free State schoolboys have appeared in court for raping their 13-year-old classmate.The Grade 7 boy was raped at a school in Thaba Nchu‚ the provincial...
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