7 Oct , 2023 | Ideas
Many parents find the debates about mother-tongue instruction very confusing. All they want to know is “what is best for my child”? Is it better to introduce English sooner or later? Will my child get mixed up if she learns more than one language at the same time? Is...
7 Oct , 2023 | Ideas
This article was first published in the Star on 9 May 2016 Since 27 April 2015, ‘Mandela’s children’ have been turning twenty-one. They are the first of the ‘born-free generation’ to become adults. Are they better off than young adults were in the early nineties? It’s...
7 Oct , 2023 | Ideas
This article was first published by Business Day Live on 25 November 2015. There is a business product with a proven rate of return in excess of one thousand percent in emerging markets. In South Africa, demand for it outstrips supply by at least two to one. Estimates...
7 Oct , 2023 | Ideas
By Carole Bloch Antoinette Sithole, sister of Hector Peterson, telling a story to an entranced audience In his insightful book, The Rights of the Reader, Daniel Pennac comments: “When someone reads aloud, they raise you to the level of the book. They give you reading...
7 Oct , 2023 | Ideas
How literature can bring about social development in South Africa An engaging presentation/podcast by Dr. David Harrison, CEO of the DG Murray Trust and the creative force behind various large-scale efforts for social change like Activate! and Cape Town Embrace. In...
7 Oct , 2023 | Ideas
Let’s get South Africa reading: Strategies involving all of us Key strategies, case studies and recommendations to grow a culture of reading in South Africa that all of us can get involved in. Page through it in Issuu | Open and download pdf. Share...
