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Northlands Girls’ High School are delighted to announce that two learners were included in the book edited by Selvan Naidoo and Jairam Reddy – Three Decades of Democracy – Critical Reflections.
\nIsiphile Ngubani, who spoke at the 30 Years Democracy Conference, and Saanvi Chitra for her winning entry for the National Youth Development Agency Essay writing competition. NGHS is so proud of these learners and their contribution to the reflection of 30 Years of Democracy in SA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northlands Girls’ High School are delighted to announce that two learners were included in the book edited by Selvan Naidoo and Jairam Reddy – Three Decades of Democracy – Critical Reflections. Isiphile Ngubani, who spoke at the 30 Years Democracy Conference, and Saanvi Chitra for her winning entry for the National Youth Development Agency Essay…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic","category-marketing"],"yoast_head":"\nThree Decades of Democracy - Critical Reflections | Northlands Girls' High School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nghs.co.za\/site\/three-decades-of-democracy-critical-reflections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three Decades of Democracy - Critical Reflections | Northlands Girls' High School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Northlands Girls’ High School are delighted to announce that two learners were included in the book edited by Selvan Naidoo and Jairam Reddy – Three Decades of Democracy – Critical Reflections. 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