By Nomali Cele Education innovation does not just mean bringing gadgets into the classroom or merely teaching children to code as early as possible. Innovating education is also changing what is being taught and how teaching and learning happens. Recently, the Department of Basic Education, led by minister Angie Motshekga, announced that history should be made a compulsory subject throughout learners’ schooling. This had been in the works from […]
By Nomali Cele Emma Sadleir is a digital law expert. You probably didn’t think that was a field but it is. The more of us got access to the internet and its many digital platforms, the more law we needed. From cyberbullying to revenge porn, the internet can be a hotbed for illegal activities. After Sadleir's successful debut, “Don’t film Yourself Having Sex,” Sadleir and her co-author, Dr Lizzie Harrison, have come […]
By: Natasha Archary No it doesn’t end. Your parents worry obsessively about every aspect of your life. Regardless of how old you are or whether you want them to or not. It’s biologically ingrained into every parent’s DNA. You would think that now you’re a teenager, things will ease up a bit. Nope, with each year comes new parenting terrority to wade through. Your parents are raising you […]
By Nomali Cele Life after school is hard. It’s almost prelim time for matriculants and soon, regardless of how they ultimately perform, hundreds of thousands of young people will be out of school. Is your child one of them? After at least 12 years of getting a basic education, your child’s life sprawls in front of them. This is a big, exciting and largely confusing time in a young person's […]