Activists organise to oppose teacher retrenchments

Picture and Words: Matthew Hirsch and GroundUp Staff Scores of concerned parents, learners, teachers and union members gathered at Community House in Salt River on Saturday to discuss the planned retrenchment of thousands of teachers in the Western Cape. Also read: Iconic TV teacher and mathematician, William Smith, dies at 85 The organisers of the meeting described themselves as ‘anti-capitalist, pro-working class group of...

Teacher posts: Western Cape education department quizzed in Parliament

capetownetc.com - 30/Oct 07:00

Picture: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp Words: Tori Newby /GroundUp The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) came under fire in Parliament on Tuesday...

Packaging companies flout rules on waste picker payments

capetownetc.com - 25/Oct 18:00

Picture and Words: Steve Kretzmann/GroundUp Thousands of waste pickers, who are responsible for the bulk of recycling in South Africa, are not...

Why Democracy Lives and Dies by Math

the new york times - 24/Oct 13:55

A documentary filmmaker and a mathematician discuss our fear of numbers and its civic costs.

Don’t fall for NDC’s ‘sweet stories’ – Opoku Prempeh

myjoyonline.com - 24/Oct 12:18

The running mate to the New Patriotic Party flag bearer, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has cautioned nursing and teacher trainees not to fall for what he...

‘Missing link’ added to Table Mountain National Park

capetownetc.com - 27/Oct 14:00

Words and Pictures: John Yeld / GroundUp The vision of a fully consolidated and ecologically integrated Table Mountain National Park stretching the...

What do Matthew Perry's final words hint at about his demise? Mother reveals

times of india - 26/Oct 01:59

Matthew Perry's mother, Suzanne Morrison, shares an emotional recollection of their last conversation, hinting he had a premonition about his fate....

DepEd: Participate in teacher curriculum revision

philstar.com - 27/Oct 16:00

The Department of Education (DepEd) is calling on teachers and other education stakeholders to participate in the revision of the teacher education...

TTPD launches teachers’ capacity building scheme

pajhwok.com - 14:18

Officials of the Department of Teacher Training and Professional Development (TTPD) say that around 50,000 teachers in public schools are still...

Bedsores and maggots: Ikamva Labantu’s shocking findings on elder abuse

capetownetc.com - 01/Nov 19:00

Picture and Words: Mary-Anne Gontsana /GroundUp When nurse Nomlindo Mncanywa visted an elderly bedridden woman in Khayelitsha earlier this year she...

Passionate, caring and supportive: Tributes to some of our best teachers

nynganobserver.com.au - 24/Oct 18:00

We're celebrating educators for World Teacher Day.

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