Roger Solomons

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South Africa

BOSA Slams Corporate PR for Failing SA Education

Build One South Africa has criticised corporate Public Relations campaigns that do little to fix South Africa’s education crisis. Leader Mmusi Maimane called on businesses to invest in long-term solutions like Early Childhood Development centres instead of branded donations. With over three-million learners lacking desks and 81-percent of children unable to read for meaning by age 10, BOSA's Roger Solomons demands sustainable corporate investment in education:  

today28 February, 2025

South Africa

In South Africa, BOSA to Protest Ahead of Winde’s State of the Province Address

Build One South Africa says it will protest alongside several political and community organisations today, ahead of Western Cape premier, Alan Winde’s state of the province address in Beaufort West. The protest is an ardent call for an immediate end to the cutting of teacher posts and for greater budget allocation toward hiring educators in the province. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons, says the cutting of around two-thousand teaching posts is […]

today26 February, 2025

South Africa

BOSA in S.A says Budget Delay Shows Chaos in Unity Government

Build One South Africa says the postponement of Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech on Wednesday, demonstrated the chaos within the government of national unity. The budget was postponed for the first time since 1994 after cabinet members pushed back against a proposed two-percent value-added-tax hike. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons, says the government has put the economy in jeopardy and transparency and clarity are now needed:   Meanwhile, the unprecedented […]

today20 February, 2025