Education

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

Special Tribunal hammers KZN education officials for corrupt contract

Company ordered to repay money. Disciplinary action must be taken against 16 officials.

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Law | 9 December 2025

Court orders Western Cape Education Department to fix late school admissions

The court found the department had failed to plan adequately for late placements and the situation had been getting worse for over a decade

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Law | 2 December 2025

Writing exams in leaking classrooms with no electricity

The education department says it will appoint a contractor to renovate H S Phillips Secondary in Limpopo in April 2027

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Brief | 20 November 2025

Child literacy: we can change how the story ends

The Funda Uphumelele National Survey shows us what must be done

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Opinion | 19 November 2025

Promises, promises but still no school

Willowvale families have been waiting for their new school since 2018

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News | 12 November 2025

Storm-damaged schools still not repaired after four years

KwaZulu-Natal government says a contractor started work last week, but we saw no evidence of this when we visited the schools on Monday

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Brief | 11 November 2025

School pit latrines demolished but not replaced with new toilets

Two primary schools in Limpopo have been struggling for over a year with inadequate chemical toilets

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Brief | 4 November 2025