Education
Collapsing asbestos classrooms force Cradock school closure
Parents doubt government promise to rebuild their school
Brief | 24 April 2026
How renting a photocopier helped destroy a school
A North West school owes over R600,000 after defaulting on rental agreements for two photocopiers and a phone system. Meanwhile 789 learners are left with broken toilets and crumbling classrooms
News | 23 April 2026
Untangling the red tape of crèche registration
City of Cape Town is trying to make the process easier for Early Childhood Development centres
News | 23 April 2026
Pit toilets: Eastern Cape parents take matters into their own hands
Parents at Good Hope Primary in Cofimvaba are building their own toilets
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 21 April 2026
In photos: School fire leaves hundreds of learners without classrooms
It was the second fire in a year at Riverlea Secondary School
Photo Essay | 8 April 2026
Ekurhuleni learners wade through sewage to get to class
OR Tambo Secondary School lacks classrooms and desks and now there’s a sewage problem
By Seth Thorne
News | 8 April 2026
In photos: Mbombela’s much loved public libraries
Libraries are not only about books any more
By Maru Attwood
Photo Essay | 27 March 2026
R198-million school for the blind incomplete and left to ruin
Multiple deadlines have been missed
By Thembi Siaga
News | 26 March 2026
Meet the moms making maths fun
MathMoms trains women on the Cape Flats to teach children maths
Brief | 24 March 2026