WE CANNOT CELEBRATE WOMEN’S MONTH IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR
What is there to celebrate when women across the country are consistently afraid of leaving their homes alone, returning home to abusive partners, and raising their daughters in an inherently violent society which disproportionately affects the girl child and women? Every year, South Africa celebrates National Women’s Month in August, in commemoration of the 9 […]
OPINION: FEEL THE FEAR, ANXIETY, DREAD.
When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the national lockdown on March 23 in a bid to flatten the curve of the Covid-19 pandemic which has claimed many lives and devastated the global economy, my heart sank as the news was followed by fear-provoking predictions from global gender experts warning about the imminent rise in the number […]
LEARNING IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19: CAN DISTANCE LEARNING BECOME THE NEW NORMAL?
The current unprecedented situation related to COVID-19 is affecting learning at all levels but especially adult education, work-based learning and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), which have come to a stop as we know them. The situation has upturned course schedules and attendance, disrupted teaching and learning, frustrated examinations and assessments, delayed certification […]
