1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (577+ words) As the Eastern Cape education department warns it could take another decade to eradicate pit toilets from schools across the province, a nonprofit organisation and its corporate partners have stepped in to provide sanitation facilities at one of the affected…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (112+ words) WATCH LIVE | Minister Manamela briefs parliament on decision to place NSFAS under administration Daily Dispatch RECORDED | Manamela briefs parliament on decision to place NSFAS under administration Higher education and training minister Buti Manamela is appearing before parliament on Friday to…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (641+ words) Two years after frustrated parents took premier Oscar Mabuyane and education MEC Fundile Gade to court over crumbling schools in Elliotdale, the Eastern Cape education department has announced a R146m programme to refurbish them. In 2024, the Mthatha high court ordered Mabuyane…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (850+ words) Disturbed by the desperate socioeconomic circumstances in her village, Robyn Mafanya founded the Nyara Youth Development nonprofit organisation to help children and young adults gain access to education, skills and opportunities. After leaving her life in Cape Town during the…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (762+ words) After realising the scale of the social and educational challenges faced by children in Mdantsane, Pheliswa Nonfenu decided to act. In 2022, she established the Zisa Ithemba Nolinothi Community Project, an initiative that uses language development, anti-bullying messaging, girls" empowerment programmes…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (662+ words) More than 200 South African schools have installed sanitary pad dispensing machines through the MENstruation Foundation initiative aimed at tackling period poverty. At Ho'rskool Die Burger in Randburg on Friday morning, pupils gathered around a sanitary pad dispensing machine installed at…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (430+ words) Former Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida has earned a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University, the prestigious Ivy League institution in New York City. The 29-year-old, who was crowned Miss South Africa 2020, shared her achievement in a series…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (810+ words) Thousands of pupils in more than 800 Eastern Cape schools are still forced to use unsafe pit toilets, and the provincial education department says it needs another decade to eradicate them. In many schools, even the pit latrines are unusable, forcing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (823+ words) Losing his father to drug addiction and suicide motivated Luqmaan Ismail, 34, to dedicate his life to helping young people through sport and life skills programmes in Mdantsane, Duncan Village, and surrounding areas. Ismail joined the Edu Sport non-profit organisation in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (672+ words) Every year, thousands of young South Africans walk across graduation stages wearing gowns that symbolise sacrifice, hope and achievement. Families celebrate. Parents cry tears of pride. Communities ululate for children who have become the first graduates in their households. For…...