Education
Court victory for Western Cape’s donor-funded schools
SCA upholds laws allowing donor-funded and collaboration schools; judge dismisses SADTU’s objections as “plainly unsustainable”
Law | 4 September 2026
Project brings hope to rural early learning centres
In uMzinyathi District ECD practitioners and non-profits are collaborating with encouraging results
News | 2 September 2026
Khayelitsha learners miss a week of school as sewage saga continues
The sewage spill has been cleaned up but parents are not convinced it is safe
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 28 August 2026
Parents close Cape Town school for three days because of sewage leak
Education department says it will be fixed by Wednesday
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 25 August 2026
Government admits it unlawfully withheld billions from schools
Withholding billions of rands from public schools was unconstitutional, but the schools won’t get the money back
By Gcina Ntsaluba and Chuma Ntshingana
News | 19 August 2026
Our classrooms “will collapse on us”, says Limpopo learner
Radzambo Secondary School in Matsila village is crumbling, overcrowded and short of teachers
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 19 August 2026
Lost or locked in cupboards: inside the R686-million Eastern Cape matric tablet programme
We contacted 12 schools and not one of them is still running the programme
By Gcina Ntsaluba, Zipho Ndwayana and Rod Amner
News | 12 August 2026
Sewer project leaves Flagstaff without a new school
Residents say officials promised the two developments could coexist
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Feature | 3 August 2026
Lesotho rural schools still dealing with aftermath of US funding cuts
Community volunteers completed one school but another is still waiting for promised donor money
Brief | 27 July 2026