EDITORIAL | More must be done to get millions of children into the classroom
Is it purely coincidence that cities in the provinces with the poorest school attendance are in the continent's top five for crime in 2023?
11 October 2023 - 22:20
The figures released in Census 2023 indicating that 5.2-million people aged 5-24 are not attending school should raise concerns...
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