AMB WU PENG ADDRESSES SA STUDENTS RETURNING FROM SUCCESSFUL VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN CHINA
“First of all, let me extend on behalf of the (Chinese) Embassy my warmest congratulations to the first group of students from South African public TVET colleges for successfully completing your 150-day training program in China! My sincere gratitude also goes to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), the Beijing Polytechnic（发音：泡利泰克尼克) College, and […]
SA ROSE DESPITE THE ODDS IN 2025
As the year draws to a close, there is a plethora of reflections to draw upon considering the year that has been – 2025. We often dwell on the masses of challenges that plague our society, but what’s most remarkable is our resolve to continuously improve and adapt, despite these. Contextually, South Africa contends with […]
HERE TO STAY: MOTHER TONGUE BILINGUAL LEARNING REINFORCED AS A SILVER BULLET TO SOLVE SA’S DIRE LITERACY CRISIS
2025 has been a watershed year for South Africa’s Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education (MTbBE) “equaliser” policy. It has also been the year that confirmed the country’s severe literacy crisis. Casting a shadow on South Africa’s ability to achieve its 2030 goal that all 10-year-olds will be able to read for meaning, last week’s release of […]
“FLUENT IN EVERYTHING BUT OURSELVES” – THE SILENT EXTINCTION OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES
Every year, hundreds of African languages move closer to extinction, not because they are forgotten, but because they are systematically erased. Across our continent, languages that once carried our wisdom, history, humour, and heritages are disappearing. They are being replaced — not by natural evolution, but by a system that rewards foreign tongues and punishes […]
BLACK TIE, BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS
There’s a certain magic that occurs when a room full of Black people gathers in grace, power, and purpose. Cloaked in tuxedos, evening gowns, pride, and legacy. It’s not simply a soirée. It’s not just another awards dinner. It’s a reclamation. A declaration. A spiritual conversation carried out in silk and basslines, laughter and remembered […]
SOUTH AFRICA IS NOT READY FOR THE COMING WHITE-COLLAR AI BLOODBATH
A major disruption is unfolding in global white-collar employment. According to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could vanish in the next five years due to advances in artificial intelligence. As detailed in Axios’ article “Behind the Curtain: A White-Collar Bloodbath”, this isn’t science fiction; it’s a forecast from one […]
NEGLECT OF CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION MARS SA’S FUTURE
At a recent UNISA event in Cape Town, a primary school teacher recounted the heartbreaking story of *Shane, an eight-year-old boy from a single-parent home that was ravaged by drug-addiction, who was deemed a “troublemaker” at school. Like his older brother in the past year, little Shane would be gunned down in a gang crossfire […]
UNISA CELEBRATES YET ANOTHER SUCCESFUL FINANCIAL AUDIT AND GROWTH IN RESERVES
The University of South Africa (UNISA) proudly announces that it has achieved a financially unqualified audit opinion for the 2023/2024 financial year, based on its continued track record of clean financial reporting.This marks yet another year in which the institution has maintained the highest standard of financial prudence, transparency and governance, following unqualified opinions for […]
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASHATILE’S YOUTH DAY SPEECH
“Today we honour and pay tribute to the valiant and fearless young people who stood at the forefront of the liberation struggle on June 16, 1976. Regardless of their youthful stature, the youth of 1976 stood strong in the face of the oppressive system of the apartheid regime. They faced death with unwavering determination, fuelled […]
THE PRESERVATION OF WHITE PRIVILEGE IS ANTITHESIS TO THE NATION’S DREAM TO BE FREE
This year marks the 49th anniversary of June 16, 1976. It is almost half a century of memory with which we are dealing. Through the dialogue held in Soweto this week, we engaged in a struggle against forgetting. In South Africa, June 16, 1976 was the bravest action undertaken, only 16 years after the Sharpeville Massacre […]
REFLECTIONS ON YOUTH DAY 2025 – THE POWER OF OUR HISTORY AND IDENTITY
This year’s Youth Day commemorates 49 years since the June 16 Student Uprisings (also known as the Soweto Massacres), a crucial turning point in the liberation struggle of South Africa. In 1976, Soweto, the unbridled bravery of tens-of-thousands of schoolchildren ignited a countrywide rebellion, setting in motion a transformation that would define the future. The merciless killing of […]
JUNE 16, 1976: THE DAY THE CHILDREN ROARED
“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” Each year, as June 16 approaches, our nation stirs with memory, pain, and a yearning to understand. The date, etched in blood and fire, is more than a memorial. It is a mirror—of what was, what is, and what still must […]