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Opinion piece

Teachers deserve more  Teaching remains one of the important fundamental profession in south africa, but still undermined. The world is facing an uncertain global pandemic. The pandemic has halted so many activities from sports activities being postponed indefinitely to economy hitting its highest low; particularly in south africa. The education sector remains in 'despair' so to say. There are many factors contributing to it no being in the fore front, we are in a lockdown the sector has to brace for new paradigm shift; which is to migrate to online learning (e-learning). The basic education department has rather opted for this migration; which is good by the way. But the manner in which it is done raises eyebrows; letting the so called 'celebrities' be do ones heeding this new Era isn't just a spat in the face but an insult to teachers. Reading my tweeter feed which is filled by so many outraged individuals, who subsequently shook the tweeter streets by the #Celebr

Football stars doing their bit

Inside world footballers' charitable deeds. What are prominent footballers doing amid Covid-19 pandemic. "Everybody needs to play their part in this national efforts and that means PL footballers too. Given the sacrifices many people are making the first thing PL footballers can do is make a contribution, take a pay cut and play their part." these words were uttered by the Britain's Health Secretary, Matt Hancock. Perhaps, this is a far-fetched misguided statement by the Hancock. Does he read newspapers or even follow Premier League players to actually see the charitable actions by PL stars. Manchester united's star Marcus Rashford raised €150k for Fare Share UK "Which we're able to reach 600, 000 vulnerable people around UK." wrote Rashford on his tweet. Fare Share UK is a charity fighting hunger and food waste in UK. Wilfried Zaha Crystal Palace's winger according to UK's Indepent online, "offered free use of 50 properties to NHS st