Youth and education
2012: bornfrees'(w)rite of passage
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- 19 October 2012
The class of 2012, which features the first group of South Africa's bornfrees to complete their school career, will start writing their national senior certificate on Monday 22 October.
• Education in South Africa
Pupils have a blast with Mathletes
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- 19 October 2012
A pair of American university graduates is giving grade six pupils at two North West province schools a shot at success by incorporating a fun contest, run over two school terms, through which they can improve their maths skills.
• Maths and science the fun way
Giving children a sense of pride
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- 18 October 2012
• The right to dignity
The right to dignity
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- 11 October 2012
South Africa's young people need to know that they can live an ordinary life with dignity, regardless of their financial circumstances, yet still make an extraordinary contribution to their environment and country.
• Pupils get a lesson on dignity
Pupils get a lesson on dignity
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- 10 October 2012
Ahead of Global Dignity Day on 20 October 2012, pupils at Gontse Primary School in the impoverished township of Soshanguve in Pretoria were given a course on dignity and self-worth by community-driven leaders of South Africa.
• Getting needy kids hooked on books
Soweto’s ordinary hero
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- 05 October 2012
A South African man from Kliptown in Soweto is one of 10 finalists for the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year award, an annual campaign which honours everyday people doing good deeds in their communities.
• Fighting hunger on wheels
Gift that keeps on giving
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- 02 October 2012
The help2read organisation gives the priceless gift of reading to South African children, helping to open up their world and equip them for better prospects in life.
• Why we need a literate nation
