How women's untold histories shaped South Africa's national poet: Keorapetse Kgositsile with US author Alice Walker, 1996. Anacleto Rapping/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesKeorapetse Kgositsile, the South African-born poet who passed away in 2018, lived in exile in the US from 1962 to 1975 and was at the centre of the country’s 1960s and ’70s Black Arts Movement. Informed by his … [Read more...] about How women’s untold histories shaped South Africa’s national poet | The Conversation
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Maths teachers in South Africa: case study shows what’s missing | The Conversation
Maths teachers in South Africa: case study shows what's missing: A vicious cycle: the academic gaps in schools start at the teacher training institutions. ShutterstockSouth African students are bad at maths compared to other countries. This is clear from results of South African learners in the International Mathematics and Science Study. The results show that South Africa’s … [Read more...] about Maths teachers in South Africa: case study shows what’s missing | The Conversation
Balancing privacy with public health: how well is South Africa doing? | The Conversation
Balancing privacy with public health: how well is South Africa doing?: The French mobile phone application StopCovid, developed to trace people who test positive with COVID-19. Chesnot/Getty ImagesCOVID-19 spreads from person to person through droplet and contact transmission. That’s why contact tracing and quarantining have been included as one approach to control the spread … [Read more...] about Balancing privacy with public health: how well is South Africa doing? | The Conversation
Lagos state is likely to get hotter and more humid, leading to greater health risks | The Conversation
Lagos state is likely to get hotter and more humid, leading to greater health risks: An aerial view of a part of Lagos. shutterstockWithout doubt, there are several reasons to believe that our climate is changing. Records over the period of 1880-2012, indicate that the surface temperatures have risen globally. There has also been an increasing rate of the warming reported over … [Read more...] about Lagos state is likely to get hotter and more humid, leading to greater health risks | The Conversation
Better access to stories can improve adolescent lives in Africa | The Conversation
Better access to stories can improve adolescent lives in Africa: Members of South Africa's Zip Zap Circus. Washington Post/Getty ImagesAcross cultures, the self-making powers of storytelling are widely recognised. Steve Biko, the South African Black Consciousness thinker, once said that we need to speak from where we stand. Seeing the impact of our environment on our … [Read more...] about Better access to stories can improve adolescent lives in Africa | The Conversation
