The BMW M5 hybrid model (2025) goes from 0-100km/h in 3.5 seconds. Asking that my beloved 1976 VW Beetle achieves the same acceleration in less than a day is the kind of fantasy that keeps comedians in business.

How schools deal with highly talented students with mild to severe behavioural problems can make all the difference, writes Jonathan Jansen

These are the seven points to consider as grade 10 looms ahead

I am sick and tired of political performance in South Africa.

It is time to face an unpleasant reality: the University of Fort Hare might not be salvageable.

Last week, SA lost one of its most formidable academic thinkers and doers.

Every week, I receive a complaint or concern from a parent, mostly strangers whom I have never met from the different provinces.

“Don’t drink the water!” was the firm instruction of the staff as I entered the guest house in Makhanda.

So, with my grade 10 physical science class, I recently asked them (every science lesson is preceded by five minutes of reflection on a life lesson), “What do you think are the purposes of assessment?”

Until September 10, few South Africans had ever heard of a right-wing American activist called Charlie Kirk.