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South Africa’s reading crisis: focus on the root cause, not the peripherals

Ingrid Willenberg, Senior Lecturer in Education, Australian Catholic University Nearly a quarter of a century into democracy, four presidents and several curricular revisions later, South Africa … [Read More...]

How a deal with provincial strongmen is haunting the ruling ANC

Steven Friedman, Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Last year South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) elected a new leadership which was the result of a … [Read More...]

South Africa needs to box clever in its David versus Goliath duel with Trump

John J Stremlau, 2017 Bradlow Fellow at SA Institute of International Affairs, Visiting Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand Recent actions by US President Donald … [Read More...]

Ramaphosa and the ANC give direction on expropriation without compensation

Tshidi Madia in Boksburg, News24 - 19 May 2018 The ANC must explore all options in order to bring about meaningful restitution, redistribution and tenure reform in South Africa. This is … [Read More...]

Growing Western Cape protests show citizens expect greater accountability

The Western Cape, the second wealthiest province in South Africa after Gauteng, is the only one governed by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). The party won control of the province in … [Read More...]

Farm murders and ECW in the spotlight on Fox News

Issued by Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO, AfriForum, 16 May 2018 Fox News, the largest television news channel in the USA, aired an interview with Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum, last night … [Read More...]

Guatemala opens embassy in Jerusalem, two days after U.S. move

Jeffrey Heller and Dan Williams, JERUSALEM - REUTERS, 16 May 2018 Guatemala opened an embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, two days after the United States inaugurated its new site in the contested … [Read More...]

Time to rethink what’s meant by “mother tongue” education

Lara-Stephanie Krause, PhD Student School of Languages and Literatures, UCT The issue of mother tongue education has been fiercely but sporadically debated in South Africa since 1994. … [Read More...]