175 000 jobs are at risk and over 30 000 ECD centres may close as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, the Department of Social Development (DSD) has recently proposed allocating R1.3 billion to create 36 000 short-term ECD centre “compliance monitoring” jobs. The sector has responded to this proposal quite forcefully, urging the […]
South Africa has astronomical levels of gender-based violence (GBV). As the country moved into lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, there were fears of a surge in GBV, a pattern which has been seen in other countries. However, this anticipated spike in violence is not borne out by the statistics – Minister of the […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in all higher education institutions moving their learning to online platforms. Institutions and students have experienced substantial challenges during this migration due to the scale and pace at which the change must be implemented. The pandemic has highlighted the deep inequalities amongst the country’s 26 universities. While well-endowed institutions (e.g. […]
When Covid-19 first landed in South Africa, exposing the entire populace to the global pandemic, the social sector was amongst the first to be galvanised into action. By the time the call for social distancing was made, these organisations, who are in the main non-profit organisations, had already thought of (and began implementing) solutions to […]