In Sandton, most drivers pass a corner without slowing down. In one of Johannesburg’s wealthiest neighborhoods, Rivonia Road and Grayston Drive meet at a bustling, sun-bleached intersection where office buildings and shopping malls typically draw the most attention. However, Sandown High School, a public coeducational institution that has been in operation since 1970 and still operates in the middle of a suburb more known for private education and corporate headquarters than government education, is tucked away behind the commotion of that intersection. To be honest, it’s a unique location for a public school. Sandton is pricey. The majority of state…
Author: Kelsey Myers
Kelsey Myers
Kelsey Myers is a Senior Editor at worldomep.org and a dedicated advocate for early childhood education whose work begins — and ends — with a simple belief: that the earliest years of a child's life matter more than almost anything else we can invest in. Based at a local school, Kelsey works daily alongside the children and families whose experiences inform everything she writes. She doesn't observe early education from a distance. She is inside it — in the classrooms, on the playgrounds, in the conversations between teachers and parents that shape how young children understand the world around them. That proximity gives her writing a warmth and specificity that purely policy-driven commentary rarely achieves. Through her writing at worldomep.org, Kelsey brings that same energy to readers — making the case, clearly and consistently, that early childhood education deserves far more attention than it typically receives. Kelsey shares her personal opinions on: https://x.com/Butterflyboule
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There is a school on Wellington Road in Parktown, Johannesburg, that has more history than the majority of the city’s structures. The original building, which features wide hallways, red brick, and long-lasting architecture, is now recognized as a provincial heritage site. It seems as though generations of boys have come through these gates with the same red and black blazers, the same worries, and perhaps even the same aspirations. It began in 1920 in an Auckland Park police barracks that had been converted. Parktown Boys’ High School continues to produce individuals who go on to accomplish noteworthy things over a…
Something is going on along Bayview’s Spine Road that needs more attention than it is receiving. In an area of Cape Town that has long yearned for something like this, a new campus is rising behind construction walls, with steel, concrete, and scaffolding extending upward. False Bay TVET College’s new Mitchells Plain campus is anticipated to open before the end of 2026 and be able to accommodate up to 3,000 students. From the outside, observing the rate of construction, it seems like this is more than just a building being built; it’s a kind of statement. For more than 20…
In Gqeberha, there is a campus on Russell Road that doesn’t get the same level of attention as the city’s universities. No postgraduate research headlines, no well-groomed quadriceps. Just lecture halls, workshops, and a few thousand students attempting to turn their education into something useful. For many years, Port Elizabeth TVET College, or PE TVET College as most people know it, has been performing this kind of unglamorous but essential work. However, there have been some recent developments that point to the institution starting a new phase. The Retail Motor Industry Organization and Germany’s HWK partnered to launch South Africa’s…
The city of Sasolburg does not typically garner much national attention. Located in the Free State’s Fezile Dabi District, this town is industrial and pragmatic, centered on petrochemical plants and steady labor that doesn’t make headlines. However, something is currently taking place in its residential streets that is directly related to one of the province’s biggest institutions of higher learning and is beginning to raise unsettling questions. With three campuses and more than 9,000 full-time students, Flavius Mareka TVET College has become the quiet epicenter of a housing crisis that neither the college nor the municipality appear to be fully…
In football, there are times when nobody fully anticipates what will happen. Moments that come out of nowhere, change entire seasons in a matter of seconds, and leave a stadium full of spectators wondering if they’ve just witnessed a nightmare or history. On the last Saturday of the Betway Premiership season, both occurred at Mbombela Stadium. Just before halftime, Orbit College goalkeeper Sabelo Nkomo, positioned between the posts in what was essentially a relegation survival game, punched the ball into his own net. There was no deflection. It wasn’t misfortune disguised as something worse. In all honesty, it was one…
You are in the actual world of registration when you walk into any government office, which has fluorescent lighting, plastic chairs bolted to the floor, and a number-ticket machine by the door. It’s not glitzy. However, it is probably more important than most people realize. Fundamentally, government registration is the official procedure of entering data into an official public system. That definition seems fairly straightforward. In reality, it affects nearly every important life event. Contrary to popular belief, government agencies use a broader definition of registration. It includes the time a person registers to vote for the first time, the…
The company, which is well-known for its hot, glazed doughnuts and the small red light that indicates new batches coming off the line, is currently in the midst of a data breach settlement, which seems almost surreal. People whose personal information was compromised in a cyberattack discovered in November 2024 will receive up to $3,500 from Krispy Kreme, a brand that built its identity on warmth, nostalgia, and sugar. It’s the kind of tale that catches you off guard. About 161,676 current and former employees’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial account information were reportedly compromised. information…
When the phone rings during a crisis, contract lawyers experience a certain kind of dread. There are wars. Pandemics strike without warning. Supply chains break down, ports close, and both parties are frantically searching through a pile of signed contracts for three words hidden in the fine print: “force majeure clause.” It’s one of those legal ideas that goes unnoticed until something goes wrong, at which point everyone is curious about its precise meaning. The French term “force majeure” roughly translates to “superior force.” Despite the fact that the phrase has been used legally since at least the 1880s, the…
Coningsby is a village in Lincolnshire. Situated close to an RAF base and the Bain River, it is a peaceful area that most people pass by without pausing. The United Kingdom experienced its hottest day since reliable records began on July 19, 2022, when a thermometer there recorded 40.3°C, or 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Not just the hottest in a long time. the most hot. Never. Completely. When you say that number out loud, it still seems a little surreal. A sunny bank holiday seems like a small miracle in Britain, a nation characterized in part by its relationship with gloomy…