Understand your country with Business Day: Education
In South Africa’s 2013 national budget, the allocation to basic education is set at R17.592bn. Still, more than 90% of schools in the country are without functioning libraries
THE BIG ISSUE: Fixing our broken schools takes more than money
Free basic education in SA is in crisis. Business Day brings together three experts to discuss what can be done to change this state of affairs
Understand your country with Business Day: Foreigners
The second TV advertisement in Business Day’s “Understand your country. Or lose it” campaign deals with issues of inequality, governance and the rights of both foreigners and SA citizens
Understand your country with Business Day: Housing
This — Business Day’s third advertisement in the “Understand your country. Or lose it” campaign — deals with the issues of governance and the national housing crisis
Opinion
THICK END OF THE WEDGE: Understand your country. Or lose it
Peter Bruce
We must fight for our country, help it to grow and prosper and be happy, be more open and less frightened to speak
THE BIG ISSUE: Do we need more state, less state, or a better state?
Have we reached a situation in SA where wealth buys rights? Is SA for sale to the rich? Are we losing our democracy to the elites? Business Day presents a debate on inequality
LETTER: Bringing sunshine
In this season of electioneering, the Business Day advert will probably set a few minds pondering
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