Roné McFarlane
@rownsterr.bsky.social
Education PhD candidate King's College London | Education activist | Policy nerd | Teacher at heart | Undercover journo | Astrant | Roné not Rone
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Here is a puzzle. People in sub-Saharan Africa tend to be *twice* as religious as the rest of the world, yet countries in the region provide *half* as much state support for religion.
Why?
Hint: It isn't about state capacity. #polrel
Why?
Hint: It isn't about state capacity. #polrel
David Jeffery-Schwikkard’s research reveals sub-Saharan Africa’s devout populations receive minimal state support for religion. These findings unsettle many common misconceptions about the role of religion in politics.
theconversation.com/deeply-relig...
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#Politics
Deeply religious African countries (surprisingly) provide little state support to religion – unlike countries in Europe
European states are more involved in religion than those in sub-Saharan Africa.
theconversation.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Here is a puzzle. People in sub-Saharan Africa tend to be *twice* as religious as the rest of the world, yet countries in the region provide *half* as much state support for religion.
Why?
Hint: It isn't about state capacity. #polrel
Why?
Hint: It isn't about state capacity. #polrel
Please can we have just one news report on these so-called satellite schools that actually explain what on earth they are? The GDE reportedly built 1 school last year so what exactly is it that they're building 4000 of?
www.citizen.co.za/news/south-a...
www.citizen.co.za/news/south-a...
Gauteng education MEC addresses overcrowding claims in high-pressure schools | The Citizen
With hundreds of high-pressure schools in Gauteng, the education department says it is working to relieve pressure in these schools.
www.citizen.co.za
February 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Please can we have just one news report on these so-called satellite schools that actually explain what on earth they are? The GDE reportedly built 1 school last year so what exactly is it that they're building 4000 of?
www.citizen.co.za/news/south-a...
www.citizen.co.za/news/south-a...
Given that #BELA was not brought into effect when the President originally signed it, there was never any "suspension of two clauses". The whole Bill was "suspended" until the President finally brought it into effect. We really need to stop just repeating words politicians say.
January 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Given that #BELA was not brought into effect when the President originally signed it, there was never any "suspension of two clauses". The whole Bill was "suspended" until the President finally brought it into effect. We really need to stop just repeating words politicians say.
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🚨Major Announcement! Pls circulate!
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📢 Calling all early career scholars (also MA & PhD)! Submit your 300-word abstract for The Globalization & Education Online Conference 2025! 🌍💡
📝 Abstract Deadline: Jan 18, 2025
🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/npe9pTB7au
Conference Date: 4th of March 2025
January 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨Major Announcement! Pls circulate!
📢 Calling all early career scholars (also MA & PhD)! Submit your 300-word abstract for The Globalization & Education Online Conference 2025! 🌍💡
📝 Abstract Deadline: Jan 18, 2025
🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/npe9pTB7au
Conference Date: 4th of March 2025
📢 Calling all early career scholars (also MA & PhD)! Submit your 300-word abstract for The Globalization & Education Online Conference 2025! 🌍💡
📝 Abstract Deadline: Jan 18, 2025
🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/npe9pTB7au
Conference Date: 4th of March 2025
Great contribution by Andi Makinana on the completely unacceptable & unconstitutional language the "GNU" used around BELA and the possibility of changing a law already signed by the President. Asks the pertinent question "Where was Parliament?"
www.news24.com/news24/opini...
www.news24.com/news24/opini...
Andisiwe Makinana | Do not undermine due process in the name of 'consultative' GNU | News24
The war of words between senior government leaders, Cosatu and the Democratic Alliance, including calls for Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube to be axed, could have been avoided had the "aggriev...
www.news24.com
December 29, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Great contribution by Andi Makinana on the completely unacceptable & unconstitutional language the "GNU" used around BELA and the possibility of changing a law already signed by the President. Asks the pertinent question "Where was Parliament?"
www.news24.com/news24/opini...
www.news24.com/news24/opini...
Theres much confusion about #BELA & politicians arent helping. This @news24southafrica.bsky.social article mentions a requirement that school governing bodies submit language & admissions policies to provinces for approval, but that requirement was removed by the NCOP
www.news24.com/news24/south...
www.news24.com/news24/south...
'Agreement bears no influence' - Ramaphosa spokesperson on BELA Act talks | News24
President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged an agreement on the BELA Act by the Minister of Basic Education and the Solidarity union but clarified it doesn't affect discussions on contentious sections.
www.news24.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Theres much confusion about #BELA & politicians arent helping. This @news24southafrica.bsky.social article mentions a requirement that school governing bodies submit language & admissions policies to provinces for approval, but that requirement was removed by the NCOP
www.news24.com/news24/south...
www.news24.com/news24/south...
Nuts recollection by Justice Bertelsmann on drafting the SA Schools Act: "On the day before the draft was due... we worked into the small hours of the morning on the final version on a single computer, when one of our team members at about 02:00 inadvertently wiped out the complete document..."
November 25, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Nuts recollection by Justice Bertelsmann on drafting the SA Schools Act: "On the day before the draft was due... we worked into the small hours of the morning on the final version on a single computer, when one of our team members at about 02:00 inadvertently wiped out the complete document..."
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Kimon de Greef, Ihsaan Haffejee and Kimberly Mutandiro have been at Stilfontein reporting on the trapped zama zamas.
Here Kimon describes the illegal mining situation (Ihsaan's pics mostly)
groundup.org.za/article/stil...
Here Kimon describes the rescue operation:
groundup.org.za/article/scen...
Here Kimon describes the illegal mining situation (Ihsaan's pics mostly)
groundup.org.za/article/stil...
Here Kimon describes the rescue operation:
groundup.org.za/article/scen...
Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry
Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels
groundup.org.za
November 21, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Kimon de Greef, Ihsaan Haffejee and Kimberly Mutandiro have been at Stilfontein reporting on the trapped zama zamas.
Here Kimon describes the illegal mining situation (Ihsaan's pics mostly)
groundup.org.za/article/stil...
Here Kimon describes the rescue operation:
groundup.org.za/article/scen...
Here Kimon describes the illegal mining situation (Ihsaan's pics mostly)
groundup.org.za/article/stil...
Here Kimon describes the rescue operation:
groundup.org.za/article/scen...