Education
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
Years of protests pay off as Eastern Cape village gets new high school
The R56-million Vukile Tshwete Senior Secondary has officially opened in Keiskammahoek after eight years of struggle
Brief | 19 March 2024
Library services crippled in Nelson Mandela Bay
Some have not reopened since Covid lockdown
News | 14 March 2024
Library vandalism hits learners hard in Philippi
Brown’s Farm library may be closed for a year
Brief | 14 March 2024