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The year was 1956, and on 9 August, more than 20 000-strong women matched to the union buildings, resisting pass laws which were being enforced by the then apartheid government.

Children do not arrive at the ECD center as blank slates. They arrive carrying their homes, their streets, their languages, their hunger, their songs, and their stories. Sociology teaches us that learning is not an isolated, cognitive act. It is a social act, shaped by class, culture, language, poverty, family structure, and community (Vygotsky, 1978).

Children do not arrive at the ECD center as blank slates. They arrive carrying their homes, their streets, their languages, their hunger, their songs, and their stories. Sociology teaches us that learning is not an isolated, cognitive act. It is a social act, shaped by class, culture, language, poverty, family structure, and community (Vygotsky, 1978).

This month, we are celebrating meaningful progress, growing partnerships
and exciting new opportunities to help more children learn, play and thrive.

The warnings are getting louder, and they are coming from economists, the Reserve Bank, and international institutions, all saying the same thing and that is: South Africa is heading for another economic shock.

The warnings are getting louder, and they are coming from economists, the Reserve Bank, and international institutions, all saying the same thing and that is: South Africa is heading for another economic shock.
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