Education

By MAHMOOD SANGLAY Professor Sa’diyya Shaikh is the director of the Centre for Contemporary Islam at the University of Cape Town. She delivered her inaugural lecture on August 23, titled ‘Radical Critical Fidelity: Barzakhi Journeys in Islamic Feminism’. Her lecture...

‘This is not just a fight for teachers or schools. It is a fight for the future of every child in the province. We cannot allow austerity to steal their future.’ by SHARAN KARRIEM In a packed hall at Community...

When I heard about the teacher cutbacks I was reminded, once again, that in South Africa equality remains elusive. I asked myself: ‘Will things ever change? Will the screams of apartheid-inflicted trauma, anguish and suffering in townships and informal settlements...

The Western Cape Education Department’s handling of this situation is palpably disastrous. How can such a significant number – 2 500 teachers – be let go in one fell swoop? In local communities across the Cape Flats, we already face overcrowded...

Edward Said’s emphasis on the connection between universities, critical freedom, and solidarity with oppressed people highlights the responsibility of academic institutions to engage with and contribute to social justice movements. by PROFESSOR ASLAM FATAAR SOUTH AFRICA has been navigating its...

AWQAF SA, in association with the Department of Education, K-Way Institute and ISkill, will be hosting their second online Maths workshops for 2023 to prepare grades 10, 11 and 12 learners for their examinations. The lively and inspirational Mohammed Khota...

YUNUS OMAR focuses on the slain activists in direct relation to the injustices in education. JUNE 27, 1985: at the height of the renewed and highly organised nationwide rebellion against the apartheid regime in South Africa, four South African compatriots...