Education
Remembering Yoliswa Dwane
Fierce, intense, principled: Equal Education would not have been possible without her
By Doron Isaacs
Obituary | 24 October 2022
Yoliswa Dwane, co-founder of Equal Education, has died
Under her leadership the organisation ran widely acclaimed campaigns to improve school infrastructure and install libraries in township schools
Obituary | 21 October 2022
Gauteng learners crammed into classrooms but department says there’s no crisis
Some learners are being taught under trees
By Chris Gilili
News | 18 October 2022
Court orders compensation of R375,000 to families of learners who drowned on school outing
Judge finds that “insufficient steps were taken to safeguard the learners”
News | 17 October 2022
Book Festival brings authors and poets to the Cape Flats
Two-day event in Mitchells Plain draws hundreds of participants
News | 17 October 2022
Video: Cikizwa wants to go to school
The Eastern Cape learner is kept waiting for a place in high school, after five years of treatment for a spinal condition
By Daniel Steyn and Mkhuseli Sizani
Video | 13 October 2022
MEC must pay after child injured in drain acid “experiment”
Cleaner left acid unattended in school toilets while he went on lunch break
Law | 11 October 2022
Municipalities must play their role in early childhood development
Local governments can change the policies that are hampering the development of South Africa’s children
Opinion | 10 October 2022
Two teachers’ unions agree to 3% wage increase
SADTU and NAPTOSA reluctantly accept government offer
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 6 October 2022