Sam Mathe
Sam Mathe is a South African journalist, writer and publisher. He was educated at Kwamanala High...
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Is poor mathematics performance affecting the country’s finances?
South Africa is a heavily indebted nation
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Not just another “dead Sowetan”
Michael Tshehla Phahlane: The indestructible jazz journalist
Michael Tshehla Phahlane, the man who gave Soweto its name back in 1963, slipped away quietly earlier this month without a single mention in local media despite the fact that he was the real doyen of black South African journalism and one of its finest wordsmiths.Only the Sowetan carried a 31-word funeral notice accompanied by the standard black and white photo of Phahlane in the weekly In Memoriam section.
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Education through the eyes of a learner
The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on lives and livelihoods, especially the poor and vulnerable. South Africa’s education system, which has been in crisis for many years, has also been negatively impacted, as a Grade 11 learner has revealed.
Recently I met a grade 11 learner who is enrolled at a high school in a township outside of Gauteng and he shared information with me that sounded all too familiar, and yet so disturbing.
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The pernicious harms to health of certain cottage industries
Choosing between pestilence and plague.
There is a ghastly economic dilemma facing many South African households living in poverty and operating cottage industries – in order to eat they have to accept being slowly poisoned inside their own homes.In 2007, I was part of a South African Medical Research Council team conducting a survey of the blood lead levels
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