Having to repeat grades is one factor, and Covid-19 made things worse, according to a new study
News | 3 March 2021
Equal Education say underfunding will cause even more overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and learners going without meals
News | 26 February 2021
Independent Police Investigative Directorate considering an investigation
Brief | 22 February 2021
The extension of the R350 grant has been welcomed but it is insufficient, say civic organisations
Brief | 15 February 2021
Food vendors, car guards and surf shops back in business
News | 2 February 2021
Desperate rush to collect grants as deadline looms
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Mkhuseli Sizani, Thamsanqa Mbovane, Masego Mafata, Lloyd Dyongman and Marecia Damons
News | 29 January 2021
Shifting donor priorities put library initiative at risk
News | 14 December 2020
Social grant applicants spend the night huddled together outside in the hope of being helped
News | 8 December 2020
Wesley Neumann’s disciplinary hearing starts
News | 3 December 2020
Department of Basic Education will miss its deadline for minimum standards in schools yet again
News | 27 November 2020
Twenty women from communities across the city have been nominated for awards
News | 25 November 2020
Tafelsig CAN provides meals three times a day to hundreds of families in Mitchells Plain and Philippi
News | 18 November 2020
The group says the area “reeks of defecation and urine”
News | 17 November 2020
Evictees say they were out of options
News | 12 November 2020
There is a a decades-long battle over Boschendal housing
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 6 November 2020
But the current surge is not nearly as bad as July
Science | 29 October 2020