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The UDF was not simply a political organisation. It had affiliates of a range of types, including small business affiliates, teachers and sports bodies. Similarly, there were no individual members of the UDF. They were members of affiliates, and those affiliates came from several sectors of soc...

Collaboration is key to ensure that budgets actually serve people 

Learning our ABCs starts with four Ts. South Africa’s 81% illiteracy rate among Grade 4s has prompted several organisations to launch the Right to Read campaign to mobilise civil society to make early-grade literacy a national priority.

A toxic asbestos roofing threat is hanging over 207 Nelson Mandela Bay schools, posing a risk to staff and pupils alike with the deadly fibres linked to life-threatening forms of cancer.

As the November 2023 deadline looms, 70% of public schools still don’t have libraries

Addressing a public meeting in Haryana's Bhiwani town, Kejriwal said: “We don't want one nation-one education. There should be one nation-education, one nation-one elaaj. You may hold 1,000 or 2,000 elections. How does it impact us (people)?”

This comes a day after the Centre notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats

Government, civil society and the education sector are called to mobilise to prioritise the strengthening of early-grade literacy due to the high number of pupils who cannot read.

Nelson Mandela Foundation questions role of Civil Society in securing election outcomes, Right to Read Campaign launches in Johannesburg.

Nine years after grade R learner Michael Komape drowned in a pit toilet, 2 334 schools in the province still have these structures on their premises