A campaign aims to address the state of education in South Africa, where only seven percent of public schools have functional libraries.
Posts Tagged “South Africa”
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Posted in: Africa, Education & Youth
Topics: Hamza Aktan, schools, Soccer World Cup, South Africa
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The World Cup is expected to boost South Africa's economy and create hundreds of thousands of jobs. But will it translate into improved livelihoods for the poverty-stricken 43% of the population, or aggravate already-existing frictions?
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability
Topics: economic development, Ozias Tungwarara, poverty, Soccer World Cup, South Africa, xenophobia
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Not since the 1980s has South Africa seen a youth movement as focused, politicized, and determined as the current one. Currently a nationwide campaign is focused on the still vast inequalities in South African education, including the fact that only eight percent of schools have libraries.
Posted in: Africa, Education & Youth, Rights & Justice
Topics: Jonathon Fairhead, South Africa, video
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Open Society Fellow and former ANC Member of Parliament Andrew Feinstein talks about why the arms trade is particularly susceptible to corruption and in turn to the corruption of governments.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability
Topics: Andrew Feinstein, arms trade, corruption, democracy, South Africa, Steve Hubbell, video
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