Dangerous and degrading: pit toilets blight SA schools
Kanana – Schools across rural South Africa have perilous and degrading pit latrines – a heritage of the apartheid... Read more
5 Jul, 2023
WATCH | Anxious wait for news after 41 dead in Uganda school attack
Mpondwe – Distraught families gathered at a mortuary in western Uganda on Sunday for any news of their loved... Read more
18 Jun, 2023
Free school aims to breaks poverty cycle in SA township
Gqeberha – The classrooms are bright and clean, their shelves filled with textbooks and stationery. The pupils wear neatly... Read more
17 Jun, 2023
More than 80% of 10-year-olds in SA battle to read – study
Johannesburg – Eight out of 10 South African schoolchildren struggle to read well by the age of 10, according... Read more
17 May, 2023
LOOK | Rachel Kolisi heads to Paris to house hunt, look for possible schools for kids
Cape Town – Rachel Kolisi has started the relocation process by heading to Paris to house hunt and look... Read more
14 Apr, 2023
WATCH | Teacher chops up snake after it coils around colleague’s leg
Cape Town – A video in which a snake is seen coiling itself around a woman’s leg before it... Read more
7 Apr, 2023
Three in Niger die in fire at school made from straw
Niamey – Three children died and 11 were injured, two of them seriously, when a school made of straw... Read more
7 Feb, 2023
In troubled South Africa, a boys’ choir gives cause for hope
Winterton – A hush grips the auditorium as the long-awaited concert by one of the world’s most renowned chorales... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
Uganda closes schools to fight Ebola, new cases fall
Kampala – Uganda closed schools nationwide on Friday to curb the spread of Ebola, despite the health minister insisting... Read more
26 Nov, 2022
Fleeing jihadist violence, Niger pupils return to school
Ouallam – With blue schoolbags bouncing off their backs, hundreds of schoolchildren hurtle down small sand dunes eager to... Read more
2 Nov, 2022
