Education
Parents block school entrance in Cofimvaba after scholar transport cancelled
Most of the affected learners live in St Mark’s, about 26 kilometres from Isikhoba Nombewu Technical School
News | 11 May 2023
Mud classrooms crumble while building materials sit on site
Contractor appointed to build prefab classrooms in Qombolo village disappeared six years ago
News | 11 May 2023
Revealed: how Angie Motshekga’s reading plan failed SA’s children
President Ramaphosa announced a “massive reading campaign” in 2019. It never got off the ground.
By Daneel Knoetze and Liezl Human
Feature | 10 May 2023
Eastern Cape principal accused of beating learners with a hose pipe
The principal is one of six teachers in the Eastern Cape currently under investigation by the department for use of corporal punishment
News | 4 May 2023
For years, subsidies have been withheld from poorest Eastern Cape schools
Schools now set to receive missing R872.5-million
By Rod Amner
News | 2 May 2023
Makhanda literacy project shows dramatic results
Whistle Stop School pulls learners out of class for short periods to teach them to read
News | 28 April 2023
Parents and learners close Eastern Cape school
Kariega school is short of teachers, say protesters
Brief | 25 April 2023
Learners at KZN special schools return to class after boycott
Provincial education department has promised to provide ten buses
Brief | 25 April 2023
Graaff-Reinet college closed by student protest
Students complain of delay in payment of NSFAS allowance
Brief | 24 April 2023