A disease bedeviling the African continent is the steady rise of the unemployment rate. Most of the government policies and budgets are structured one way or the other in order to fight poverty, which is one of the results of unemployment. According to the City Press newspaper of Jan. 17, 2015, fees of private schools […]
The recent student protests in South Africa over tertiary fees is not something to panic over or to wince about. This is a view upheld by many technocrats in the communities. With a bit of background, South Africa is not new to student protests. June 16, 1976, students from various low-class suburb schools in Soweto, […]
The start of the year 2016 was welcomed with jubilation and fanfare with all and sundry. The dawn of the new year gave hope to dreams that were shattered. South Africans were in need of a business boost for the falling rand. Instead, they faced a rise in fuel prices and the weakening of gold on […]