South Africa

Virus won’t leave a lost generation ... but only if state acts fast

The Covid-19 pandemic won’t give rise to a lost generation like the 1976 Soweto uprising did, but it could result in lost schooling.

The schooling year will take a hard knock as a result of Covid-19.
The schooling year will take a hard knock as a result of Covid-19. (Thapelo Morebudi/The Sunday Times)

The Covid-19 pandemic won’t give rise to a lost generation like the 1976 Soweto uprising did, but it could result in lost schooling.

This is the word from an expert from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.


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