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The evidence both locally and internationally is so overwhelmingly clear on the impact of school closures and alternative timetabling on early learning that immediate action should be taken. The SA Human Rights Commission welcomes the Department of Basic Education’s decision that all primary...
News Author: Corporate Communication & Marketing / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie & Bemarking [Alec Basson] Published: 27/05/2021 Researchers from ReSEP (Research on Socioeconomic Policy) in the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University (SU) contributed significantly to Wave 4 of the 11 Working Papers that capture the findings of data collected for this wave of NIDS-CRAM which is a broadly nationally representative survey of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on South Africans. As part of NIDS-CRAM Wave 4, data on vaccines, employment, schooling, hunger, and early childhood developm...
South Africa has one of the highest rates of income inequality in the world, making it difficult to determine how much money it takes to be considered…
What can employers do when both ends donât meet? By Opinion By: Bryan Habana Although the economy seems to be coming out of the doldrums, life is still tough out there and many people have lost their livelihoods, if not their lives, as a result of Covid-19. South Africaâs economy gained 6.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Statistics South Africa. However, this was on an analysed basis. Stripping out the statistics agencyâs fancy footwork with accounting or statistical terms, real economic growth came in at negative 7 percent. And South Africans certainly fel...
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The parallel pandemic: Covid-19 and the mental health impacts on New Zealand young people 3 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 13 minutes to read Our pandemic year has given Sharonika Prasad a new perspective on life. Photo / Dean Purcell When Covid-19 came to New Zealand, and level 4 lockdown abruptly followed, Sharonika Prasad lost much more than just her day-to-day freedom. Aged 19, newly moved out of the home in which she'd long carried a heavy load of responsibilities, and starting a degree in occupational therapy at Auckland University of Technology North Shore, Prasad suddenly felt ...