Education
Thousands of school children stuck without transport months into school year
Eastern Cape transport and education departments are being taken to court
News | 17 April 2024
Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about education
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
News | 12 April 2024
131 schools in Nelson Mandela Bay robbed, mostly at gunpoint, in five months
Many teachers are afraid to report for duty
News | 11 April 2024
Assaults on learners: Appeal court says tougher sanctions must apply to teachers
Two teachers were given an inappropriately small fine by the South African Council for Education and left to continue teaching
Law | 10 April 2024
Children have to use an open field as a toilet at Mthatha primary school
Zwelinzima Primary has 200 learners and 13 staff but no toilets
Brief | 8 April 2024
Disabled learners turned away from school
Renovations at Mthatha school, closed last year after parents complained of poor conditions, have still not been completed
News | 5 April 2024
Pit toilet eradication deadline missed by Limpopo education department
But department says it’s 80% of the way there
By Liezl Human
Brief | 4 April 2024
Cape Town school in the dark because it owes thousands to Eskom
A teacher at Vergenoegd Primary in Delft, Cape Town, says they discovered that the bursar office missed payments from August 2023
News | 25 March 2024
Action threatened against unregistered school that charges R850 per month
“The owner … only cares about money, not the education of our children” says parent
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 21 March 2024