Ensuring education for all, including children with special needs, is the Department of Basic Education’s mandate. DBE has moved towards Inclusive Education which means mainstreaming children in public schools . The department is tasked with ensuring that students with learning disabilities are adequately accommodated. Last week, the Portfolio Committee on ...

President Jacob Zuma delivered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in the National Assembly on Tuesday evening, 17 June 2014. People’s Assembly has already reported on the main themes of the Presidents speech including commentary from opposition MPs. A lot has been written about Zuma’s comments on the economy ...

Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen has experienced many firsts: She was South Africa’s first deaf MP as well as being the first woman and the first person from the African continent to fill the role of Vice President at the World Federation of the Deaf. While she is not returning to Parliament this ...