Author: Charles Simkins
Published:
02
Feb
2017
This brief is the first of a pair considering the transition from education to work among young people. It delineates the main features of the transition. The second brief will consider evidence on the stability of employment.
Education
Briefs
Employment
Author: Richard Griffin
Published:
01
Feb
2017
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) recommends that the Hate Speech Bill should be withdrawn in its entirety. In this brief, Richard Griffin, summarises the HSF’s submission to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development regarding the Bill.
Briefs
Social Justice
Author: Anton van Dalsen
Published:
24
Jan
2017
This brief provides some background regarding a huge increase in Mozambique’s foreign debt and the serious impact on the country’s financial and general economic situation. It highlights the dangers of ill-considered and opaque government action and draws attention to the potential impact on South Africa of a grave deterioration in the economic situation of a neighbouring country.
Briefs
International
Author: Richard Griffin
Published:
24
Jan
2017
This Brief looks at the current Public Protector and some of the questions that have arisen in her first 100 days in office.
Briefs
Fighting Corruption
Author: Charles Simkins
Published:
17
Jan
2017
This brief outlines recent proposals from the Department of Basic Education on adding a third skills and vocational stream to the school system. Details have yet to be worked out, and the process will not be easy, but it is clear already that the third stream will have implications for currently uniform Grade 1 to Grade 9 education.
Education
Briefs
Author: Charles Simkins
Published:
17
Jan
2017
He [the Statistical General] said parents were better skilled compared with their children, arguably owing to changes in the education system after 1994. “What we know is that the nursing schools, the teacher training schools and where people used to do trades, [those] schools were closed and they were converted into part of the university system. The net result has been they, those who are 15 to 34, do not have the skills of their parents, so hence the skills crisis, in part, in the country.” – Mail and Guardian, 18 June 2014
Education
Briefs
Author: Charles Simkins
Published:
12
Jan
2017
Youth Brief 1 described the structure and objectives of the National Senior Certificate system. This companion brief discusses published National Senior Certificate outcomes.
Education
Briefs
Author: Charles Simkins
Published:
12
Jan
2017
This brief is the first in a series which will discuss the circumstances in which young people live. Some briefs will be supported by technical reports which set out additional detailed information for those interested in it. The first brief will consider the objectives and the extensive structure of the National Senior Certificate system. The second will deal with published information on National Senior Certificate outcomes.
Education
Briefs
