ECD Coalition Demands Greater Child Investment
Real Reform for ECD is urging government to increase early childhood development funding in the 2027 Budget, warning that inadequate support threatens vulnerable children. The...
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Cape Town Unites for Early Learning
More than 700 early childhood development stakeholders have joined forces with the City of Cape Town to strengthen early learning opportunities, improve access to quality...
ECD Nutrition Basket Reveals Costs
A new nationally costed nutrition basket is showing what nutritious food for young children actually costs, giving ECD centres stronger evidence for planning and funding...
McDonald’s Gives 400,000 Books To Children
McDonald’s South Africa and the National Library are distributing more than 400,000 children’s books, expanding reading access for schools, ECD centres and communities nationwide. The...
Khayelitsha Libraries Take Stories To Families
Khayelitsha families are being encouraged to make storytelling part of everyday childhood through a community literacy initiative connecting libraries, healthcare services, parents and young children....
SmartStart Unites Sector Around Early Learning
SmartStart has brought together its national network and wider early childhood development ecosystem to strengthen collaboration towards quality early learning access for every child by...
First Lady Pushes Regional ECD Action
First Lady Dr Tshepo Motsepe has called for stronger regional cooperation to expand early childhood development access, with 3.5 million South African children currently outside...
Building Better Early Childhood Development
South Africa’s early childhood development sector is facing growing pressure to improve learner outcomes, with experts increasingly calling for practical, ongoing professional development rather than...
Western Cape Strengthens Early Maths Teaching
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED), in partnership with Funda Wande, has launched Bala Wande — a focused numeracy intervention aimed at improving Mathematics teaching...
SmartStart Wins Global Innovation Prize
Early childhood innovation in South Africa gains global recognition as SmartStart secures a $2 million Skoll Award, supporting scalable solutions addressing poverty, education access and...
