Education

Human Rights Commission visits school where learners use playground as a loo

Toilets are being repaired at Van Coller primary after parents shut down the school last week

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Brief | 20 January 2026

Unemployed teachers camp outside KZN education department

Department ignores them

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Brief | 19 January 2026

Education department blames late applications for unplaced learners

Hundreds of parents queued outside the Western Cape Education Department’s offices in Mitchells Plain on Friday

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News | 16 January 2026

Gauteng battles to place learners

Many parents are disappointed with the schools they’ve been offered

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Brief | 16 January 2026

KZN school devastated by thunderstorms

SGB chair claims education minister promised to build new school. MEC Sipho Hlomuka has not answered our questions.

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Brief | 16 January 2026

Parents close Eastern Cape school where playground is used as a toilet

Toilets at the primary school in Komani have not functioned for six years

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Brief | 14 January 2026

Showdown outside Durban school over places for immigrant children

But it appears overcrowding is the main reason why children – both South Africans and immigrants – have not been placed

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Brief | 14 January 2026

Literacy crisis: why Makhanda matters

Two interventions show what can and what can’t be done

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Feature | 15 December 2025

Community fights to reopen primary school

Policy to close small schools forces children to walk far to get to school

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Brief | 9 December 2025