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Learn the News is a news service that goes out FREE of charge, twice a week, on email, and is printed in the Jellybean Journal supplement of the Weekend Argus and in the Challenger supplement of the Mercury newspaper in Durban, every Thursday. It presents news in English, Afrikaans and isiZulu editions, in language that is easy for primary school children and others to read and understand. While it covers important news events, it leaves out the horror stories typically found in newspapers. Educational worksheets, based on the contents of the newspaper, are provided.

Learn the News aims to encourage reading, spark an interest in current affairs and promote general knowledge. It also extracts educational value from the news, introduces children to the basic principles of journalism , encourages thinking skills, promotes adventure, expands vocabulary, provides research material for projects and helps South Africans to learn one another’s languages.

Beyond the reach of e-mail: Principal Maria Mvelase at Thandanani Primary School in rural KwaZulu-Natal uses the print version of Learn the News.		Learn the News editor Duncan Guy delivers a lesson on Citizen Journalism to learners at Weenen Primere Skool in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa		Learn the News stories posted around a world map, along with exercise, based on the contents of the news.