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In this CDE Conversation, CDE’s executive director, Ann Bernstein, spoke to Dr Moisés Naím, a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, internationally syndicated columnist, best-selling author and former Venezuelan cabinet minister. The focus of the discussion was on the decline of democracy in the 21st century. Dr Naim quoted from the 2023 report released by Varieties of Democracy which shows that 72 percent of global citizens &l...

Local and international evidence confirms that what really shifts the needle in education, is the quality of teaching

We should stop pretending that all is well in our schools just because the matric pass rate is better than expected, writes Ann Bernstein.

Reining in Sadtu and improving teacher quality are among the priorities in helping pupils actually learn, writes Ann Bernstein

The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) is disappointed by the dismissive comments made by national basic education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga published in your newspaper (‘Department slams report on SA education system’, The Sowetan 29 March 2023).

The department of basic education has labelled a report stating that SA's education system the worst in the world as a "rehash of old information and disappointing".

The Department of Basic Education has failed to take on the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union and tackle corruption and capture in South Africa’s education system. Both elements need to be addressed for reform to take place. This is according to a report by the Centre for Development and...

South Africa needs system-wide education reform to change the quality of teaching and learning and will require changes which include the appointment of a new basic education minister. This was put forth in a new series of reports on SA’s education system, released by the Centre for Development...

Independent policy analysis and advocacy organisation Centre for Development and Enterprise executive director Ann Bernstein speaks with Polity ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa's much-anticipated State of the Nation Address. As the country battles multiple crises in energy, water, logistics, crime, security, education and unemployment, Bernstein talks of a corrupt and collapsing State and questions why there are monopolies on critical services.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national disaster on Thursday in a bid to fast-track efforts to tackle a record electricity shortage that