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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 “live in countries where their freedoms and civil liberties are curtailed or do not exist".

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).