Education
Unpaid asbestos removal workers close primary school
“We ask for material and we are told we will share. They buy things in single boxes. Something is not right here,” says worker
Brief | 6 February 2020
Parents try to shut down school with bullying problem
Education department has referred complaints to circuit manager
Brief | 5 February 2020
Mthatha school has been waiting 18 months for pit toilets
Learners use an open field, teachers go to neighbouring houses
News | 5 February 2020
Zimbabwean who got seven distinctions has started university
“We are overwhelmed by the generosity of donors and ordinary people whose contributions will change Triphin’s life”
Brief | 4 February 2020
Parents refuse to let children go to school in “moving coffin”
“Go to hell with this skorokoro bus” Port Elizabeth parents tell driver
News | 4 February 2020
Schools threaten to shut down if government doesn’t build a new one
“Officials promised us heaven and earth”
News | 4 February 2020
Khayelitsha man makes lamps from plastic bottles
Siphamandla Ntshewula hopes his invention will help learners study
Brief | 31 January 2020
Some immigrant children are still being turned away from schools
In spite of assurances from Home Affairs and Basic Education, children without documents are still battling
News | 30 January 2020
Building stalled at yet another Eastern Cape school
Matric pass rates plummet, drop-out rates rise
News | 29 January 2020