We care about men. Here’s why you should too
It should not be controversial to say we must care about boys and men. But in today’s culture wars, this statement risks being read as an endorsement of the argument that men are the victims of progress and gender equity policies — and feminism has gone too far. It is not. Caring about boys and […]
Radio 702 Interview: A model to improve public schools
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed challenges by Sadtu and Equal Education to the Western Cape’s school reform laws. The court found that provinces are allowed to legislate on education, and that collaboration and donor-funded schools count as public schools even though they work differently from the ones described in the South African Schools […]
Cape Talk Interview: School reform – Could a new court ruling change how SA’s public schools are run?
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed challenges by Sadtu and Equal Education to the Western Cape’s school reform laws. The court found that provinces are allowed to legislate on education, and that collaboration and donor-funded schools count as public schools even though they work differently from the ones described in the South African Schools […]
Business Day Article: SCA upholds Western Cape introduction of new schools models
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has handed down a potentially far-reaching ruling upholding the Western Cape’s authority to legislate for new models for public schools, including those that draw on private sector expertise to improve school governance and management. Last week the SCA dismissed the legal challenges brought by the South African Democratic Teachers […]
Supreme Court of Appeal strikes a blow for radical change in SA public schooling
An irony of public schooling in many parts of the world is that this potential wellspring of imagination and creativity is smothered by myriad bureaucratic constraints. For example, ordinary public schools in South Africa all follow the same composition of school governing bodies (SGBs), the same staff complement financed from the national purse and the […]
Collaborative governance: Election buzzword or game changer for municipalities?
With the local government elections just months away, South Africans are thinking about the neighbourhoods they want their children to grow up in. Municipalities create the conditions for children to thrive, working alongside national and provincial governments. Families, NGOs, businesses and other non-state institutions also shape children’s lives. It’s a collective effort. The shortcomings in […]
MEDIA STATEMENT: SCA dismisses Equal Education/SADTU appeal against Collaboration Schools in the Western Cape
The DG Murray Trust (DGMT) welcomes a recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling upholding the right of provincial education departments to legislate for new forms of public schools, beyond those specifically mentioned in the South African Schools Act (SASA). The judgment handed down last Thursday clearly states that public schools do not need to […]
MetroFM Interview: Networks have until January to drop the data wall. Are they ready?
Imagine needing information about a social grant, looking for a job, trying to access healthcare advice or simply trying to educate yourself online — but you cannot afford the data required to get For millions of South Africans, the cost of mobile data remains a barrier to accessing information and services that many of us […]
News24 Article: ‘I don’t trust any of you’. Joburg’s youth aren’t buying the politics
A hush fell over the conference centre as a teenager rebuked a panel of politicians and civil society leaders who had gathered to debate how to put young people at the centre of urban renewal in Johannesburg. Hope Ramalobela, 18, a student leader from Kensington Secondary School in Johannesburg East, stood up on Monday night […]
Daily Maverick Article: Metro Lives panel explores why Johannesburg’s renewal will fail without its young people
If Johannesburg is to rebuild itself, its young people cannot remain on the sidelines. The city’s renewal depends on treating them not as beneficiaries, but as co-authors of its future, said Matshidiso Lencoasa, a budget analyst at SECTION27. “Johannesburg has these problems, but we also have ideas, we also have solutions. We just need to […]