Education
50% of learners don’t get meals when they’re not at school, says Equal Education
Some schools in Gauteng and the North West are struggling to feed learners who are unable to get to school
News | 28 April 2021
The only weightlifting club in Soweto is changing lives
Started in 2019, Lifting Dreams is running out of space
By Julia Evans
Photo Essay | 26 April 2021
School children love this library
Lungile Moferi’s tuk-tuk doubles as a mobile library
Brief | 23 April 2021
Equal Education demands release of KZN learner transport policy
“It’s difficult to concentrate in class after a long walk” says learner
Brief | 23 April 2021
Department of Education has failed to release vital software to schools
Government schools are unable to capture marks or produce reports
By Liezl Human
News | 21 April 2021
“Illegal” school teaches hundreds of learners education department hasn’t placed
Mfuleni Combined School is run by volunteers and based in an illegally occupied college
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 April 2021
Over 5,000 learners still not placed at schools in the Western Cape
Education department says many of the learners applied late
News | 13 April 2021
Education department shuts down unregistered rural school. But parents say they cannot afford to send their children elsewhere
Volunteers did the teaching and the principal paid for the building
News | 12 April 2021
Parents burn tyres and picket outside education department over incomplete school
No schooling until department pays the R8 million it owes the construction company, say parents
Brief | 8 April 2021