Education
Did policeman fire handgun at Philippi school protest?
Eyewitness says policeman pulled out a handgun and fired a single round
News | 8 March 2017
Philippi High students demand promised new school
About 150 learners march to the Metro South office of the education department
News | 6 March 2017
Corruption in schools: principals identified as the main culprits
Corruption Watch report on 1,400 cases of corruption in schools
News | 6 March 2017
Protests start again at troubled Khayelitsha school
Police use stun grenades to stop student demonstrators entering school
News | 3 March 2017
No sign of promised R30 million Eastern Cape science centre
Cofimvaba schools were promised centre would open in March 2017
News | 2 March 2017
No learning at Mseki Primary School until department answers demands
If this is what it takes to get equal and better education, so be it – parent
Brief | 28 February 2017
School withdraws xenophobic letter
“If any foreign child arrives here on Monday we will phone the police …” - Eastleigh Primary letter to parents
By Shaista Amod
Brief | 27 February 2017
“We are packed like sardines” say protesters at Gugulethu school
Parents and schoolchildren join teachers’ protest against overcrowding and unpaid salaries at Mseki Primary
Brief | 27 February 2017
Mdantsane schools face closure, leaving learners stranded
Parents say they can’t afford transport to new schools
News | 16 February 2017