Of South Africas over 12 million learners, more than 90 percent are in school – a far higher enrolment rate than in most other developing countries.
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Clean water – a basic human right
Much has been done to ensure that the Constitutional right of every South African citizen to clean water is becoming a reality.
Houses for everyone
Housing is at the forefront of the national agenda for delivery and the government is taking overall responsibility for providing houses to all.
Take a Mystery Ghost Bus Tour
Illusionist Mark Rose-Christie brought the concepts of the London Ghost Bus and Jack The Ripper tours to South Africa two years ago. Now the The Mystery Ghost Bus Tour has gone national – climb on board and get into the spirit of SA’s own ghouls, haunts, phantoms, famous murders and other paranormal delights. Sceptics welcome!
Cape Town: gay paradise found
Cape Town has become one of the gay tourist’s favoured destinations – for a number of obvious reasons. But the city was not always so welcoming to gay visitors.
SA film honoured at disability fest
“Someone with a disability can be sexy’, says 19-year-old Makhotso, star of the South African documentary Wild on Wheels, which was voted one of the top films on offer at an international festival on disability in Russia.
SA’s arts & culture winners
A theatre company that mixes disabled and able-bodied dancers; a self-taught arts journalist who writes for a homeless peoples newspaper . these are among the winners of this years prestigious Arts and Culture Trust Awards.
Lifetime award for NoFinish
As the focal point of Ngqoko, a group of traditional bowsingers from the Eastern Cape, NoFinish Dywili took the traditional music of the abaThembu people from obscurity to local and international renown.
Tackling the Big Issue
The Big Issue has always aimed tall – creating jobs and tackling some of the obstacles that keep poor people from participating in society. Now the magazine, sold by homeless people in Cape Town and Johannesburg, is gearing up to go nationwide.
No sex for sale, Court rules
The Constitutional Court ruling upholding the law against prostitution and running brothels has met with mixed reaction, with some arguing that it will consolidate efforts to close down brothels, and others arguing that it will render attempts to regulate the industry and improve the health and safety of sex workers even more difficult.