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Three lessons from my year reporting on a South African high school

When reporter Anders Kelto embedded himself in a South African high school for a year, he expected to learn a lot from the experience. But there were several lessons he didn't anticipate.

Three lessons from my year reporting on a South African high school
The World's Marco Werman makes a call out to our #YourWorld hashtag.

Here are The World newsroom's favorite stories and conversations of 2013

Here are The World newsroom's favorite stories and conversations of 2013
Cooper

Meet the woman behind a South African high school's success

Meet the woman behind a South African high school's success
City Hall

Mandela's death is uniting a racially-divided Cape Town, for now

Mandela's death is uniting a racially-divided Cape Town, for now
School Year Blog: Watch this eighth-grader do math ridiculously fast

School Year Blog: Watch this eighth-grader do ridiculously fast math

School Year Blog: Watch this eighth-grader do ridiculously fast math
Students at COSAT shave each other's heads

School Year: A dress code to keep the 'gangsters' away

Boys at COSAT often spend a lot of time on their hair. But what happens when teachers decide their hairstyles are a threat to student safety?

School Year: A dress code to keep the 'gangsters' away
Three seniors perform a song at COSAT.

School Year Blog: Students celebrate Senior Day with musical performances

Two girls sing a cute duet, the choir performs an African song (with dancing), and a trio of boys does some a capella.

School Year Blog: Students celebrate Senior Day with musical performances
COSAT students sing national anthem.

Can you create a national anthem from a mashup? Here's why South Africa did it

When South Africa ended apartheid and held free elections nearly 20 years ago, it needed a song that would heal the rift created by segregation. Its choice, the country's new national anthem, is part-hymn, part-march, and all mashup. Instead of rejecting the past, it embraced both parts of it.

Can you create a national anthem from a mashup? Here's why South Africa did it
School Year Blog: Why South African students are afraid to cut class

School Year Blog: Why South African students are afraid to cut class

Reporter Anders Kelto travels to the mall with some COSAT students during school hours, and is surprised by what he sees.

School Year Blog: Why South African students are afraid to cut class
Tandie chats with The World's audience on Facebook.

South African teen explains what it's like to be kind of famous in America

Anders Kelto talks to a South African high school student about her Facebook chat with World listeners.

South African teen explains what it's like to be kind of famous in America
Seniors pose at the COSAT prom

School Year Blog: Crashing the ultimate fashion show, a South African prom

I was told that proms are a big deal in South Africa -- particularly in low-income, black townships. But nothing could have prepared me for the fashion show I witnessed.

School Year Blog: Crashing the ultimate fashion show, a South African prom
Facebook chat

Join our Facebook chat with Tandie and Sive

Tandie Nkosi is a senior at the Centre of Science and Technology in the South African township of Khayelitsha. Tandie just went to the prom and is anxiously awaiting the results of her college applications. Her junior classmate, Sivenathi Juqu recently traveled to the US as part of a prestigious leadership program. His mother passed away in June and he now lives with his older brother, while managing most of the family's responsibilities.

Join our Facebook chat with Tandie and Sive

Family Planning: Challenges & Choices in Africa

Family Planning: Challenges & Choices in Africa

Fertility Treatment for HIV-Positive Women in Africa

Across Africa, many HIV-positive women would like to have children, but they face a dilemma: How can they become pregnant without putting their partners at risk? Dr. Okeoma Mmeje, an ob-gyn at the University of Michigan, offers an inexpensive solution.

Fertility Treatment for HIV-Positive Women in Africa

School Year: South African students join countrymen in volunteering to honor Mandela

Thursday was the 95th birthday of South Africa's former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Across the country, many chose to do 67 minutes of volunteering, to honor the man's 67 years in prison or politics. Students at the Centre of Science and Technology joined in.

School Year: South African students join countrymen in volunteering to honor Mandela