Education

Bid to resolve crisis in KwaZulu-Natal special schools

Learners say they are not taken seriously because they live with disabilities

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News | 20 April 2023

Eastern Cape learners stuck at home without school transport

Department says it does not know how many learners need transport

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Brief | 13 April 2023

Limpopo protesters demand mobile toilets for schools with pit latrines

One school has three pit toilets for 400 learners

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Brief | 12 April 2023

66,000 learners in Limpopo schools are still using pit latrines

But the numbers are falling at last

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News | 11 April 2023

KwaZulu-Natal school closed after teachers threatened

School in Nquthu to re-open on Monday with new security measures

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Brief | 24 March 2023

Crammed mobile classrooms with no electricity in Mamelodi school

Staff room has also been converted into a classroom

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Brief | 24 March 2023

Parents of children with special needs boycott Durban schools

Parents complain that the KwaZulu-Natal education department is neglecting special schools

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News | 15 March 2023

School transport fraud accused in court

17 suspects accused of financial mismanagement at Atlantis Secondary School dating back to 2007

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Brief | 13 March 2023

Pregnant learners can only attend school if accompanied by a parent

Limpopo and Gauteng basic education departments contradict each other on pregnant learner policy

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Brief | 13 March 2023

Learners refuse to go to school where there is no water

Learners protest after municipality cuts off Fort Beaufort school’s water for three months

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Brief | 8 March 2023

School amends policy that excluded pregnant learners

We previously reported that the school in Mamelodi required pregnant learners to stay home until they gave birth

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Brief | 3 March 2023

Taxis interdicted from interfering with school transport in Khayelitsha

“The court has sent a strong message to the minibus taxi mafia,” says education MEC

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Brief | 2 March 2023

Equal Education made “constitutional alchemy” says lawyer who represented them

Jason Brickhill, director of litigation at SERI, remembers how Equal Education and the Legal Resources Centre built the school infrastructure norms and standards case

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News | 27 February 2023

Police fire rubber bullets at Geluksdal students

A fatal stabbing at the school has led to protests demanding “justice” for Shawn Mphela

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News | 17 February 2023

Gandhi’s legacy in South Africa threatened by lack of government interest and dwindling funds

Gandhi Museum and the Phoenix Settlement he founded no longer have any major donors

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News | 17 February 2023

Fed up parents threaten to close down Valencia if a new school is not built

A new primary school was first promised in 2007

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News | 17 February 2023