Showcasing a range of mostly children’s books, the festival is set to run until next week
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 19 March 2025
February’s postponed budget speech would have announced increased ECD subsidies
Opinion | 11 March 2025
Raft of demands handed over
Brief | 7 March 2025
Alfonso Arries Primary School in Gqeberha said parents took a decision to donate R100 per child to fix the crumbling school
Brief | 28 February 2025
Parents say their children are subjected to poor learning conditions at Solomon Mahlangu Primary School
By Vincent Lali
News | 20 February 2025
Ketlane Primary School in Limpopo says its pleas for help from the provincial education department have gone unanswered
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 20 February 2025
Western Cape Education Department has urged the formation of a school governing body to help deal with issues at the school
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 11 February 2025
Lack of funding for food and electricity has forced at least one hostel to close
By Liezl Human
Brief | 11 February 2025
We unpick the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act that rocked the Government of National Unity
By Paula Ensor
Explainer | 4 February 2025
The bridge to Oakdene Primary washed away about 15 years ago
Brief | 3 February 2025
Goal50 in Heideveld will be made from 5,000 tyres and other recycled waste
Photo Essay | 3 February 2025
Teachers and principals tell GroundUp how their schools are coping
News | 31 January 2025
Sange Dastile studied in the early morning in the one-room house he shares with his mother and brother. Now he’s off to Stellenbosch University to study medicine.
News | 29 January 2025
Erasmus Monareng Secondary has dilapidated classrooms and is short-staffed
News | 28 January 2025
Some have been closed for years but dates have been set to re-open a few of them
Brief | 24 January 2025
The school is one of only six in Limpopo catering to visually impaired and blind learners
By Thembi Siaga
News | 23 January 2025