South African grade 4 pupils have been placed last out of 57 countries in an international assessment on reading. The results of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls)‚ released by the department of basic education…
Primary school pupils were challenged to put on their thinking caps and creatively tackle the theme ‘energy and change’ at this year’s national science week. Hosted by the department of education, this year seven primary schools from the…
Recycling material goes a long way for KwaKomani pupil Awongwa Rawu, who has built more than 20 model houses in the past two years using egg box cardboard mixed with flour, glass and old magazines. The only thing he has to budget for is…
Fifteen youths are set to have their short stories published in a book titled This is My Story after another six had their stories selected in a short story competition. Their stories will be combined with the nine selected in 2015 to…
The chances of the SA Under-20 national team travelling to Morocco to participate in the Africa Games hang by the thinnest of threads. The Games get underway on Friday but the difference between the South African bodies that are supposed…
“Parents neglect their children, but most importantly, they just do not understand mental illness.” Luthando Lingela, founder of the organisation Pioneers of Hope, said, having realised that he had suffered from depression, he became…
Christ the Rock Ministries will host the final day of its Annual Career Expo Youth Conference tomorrow.The conference started yesterday in the church’s auditorium at 1 Derby Street. It is expected to start at 9am Picture: SUPPLIED
At first it was just an idea between two friends who wanted an app to help simplify the load-shedding schedule. Today more than 500‚000 users depend on it. Herman Maritz‚ who co-founded EskomSePush with Dan Wells‚ told TimesLIVE: “Dan and…
South Africa’s matric class of 2018 achieved a total of 156‚885 distinctions – a slight decline compared to the 161‚081 distinctions obtained in 2017. The main contributors towards the distinctions obtained were KwaZulu-Natal with 41‚734‚…
