Education
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
Children of immigrants forced to leave South African schools
Repatriation process interrupts schooling
By Thembi Siaga and Bernard Chiguvare
News | 16 July 2026
MPs slam Limpopo education department over missed deadline to fix school toilets
The department told Parliament it would endeavour to build classrooms currently needed for grade Rs by 2037
By Liezl Human
News | 2 July 2026
Court victory: KZN ordered to pay overdue subsidies to crèches
About 1,000 protesters gathered outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court
Brief | 23 June 2026
R1-million project for six school toilets abandoned three years ago
Children at Nonyameko Primary are left to use unsafe toilets or an open field
News | 18 June 2026