Education
Parents protest after school hit by spate of robberies
Education MEC laments increasing burglaries in Western Cape schools
By Velani Ludidi and GroundUp Staff
News | 16 July 2019
Parents lock principal up in primary school
“We want each classroom to have 30 kids like in white schools” says community leader
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 July 2019
Mother’s daily battle to get her four children to school 40km away
“I want my children to get an education and not end up as waste pickers like myself,” says Zodwa Malatji
News | 9 July 2019
“There are only two pit toilets for the whole school,” says Limpopo learner
Premier announces R192-million spend to fix sanitation infrastructure backlog at 100 schools
Brief | 5 July 2019
Child-headed household faces bleak future
Siyanda Nyovane is head of his household and lives in a shack. The 19-year-old has kept himself and his younger brother in school for years
News | 2 July 2019
Equal Education pickets outside Eastern Cape State of the Province address
EE wants R4.3 million saved at this year’s official opening of the legislature to be allocated to fixing schools
Brief | 28 June 2019
Somerset West residents will get long awaited pedestrian bridge
School children from Garden Village cross the busy N2 in peak traffic
Brief | 28 June 2019
“We close the doors when the gangs are shooting outside”
Manenberg library provides a safe haven for kids
Brief | 27 June 2019
The people of Plastic City cannot even afford zinc shacks
People live in homes built of discarded board and plastic next to a Brakpan dump site
Photo Essay | 27 June 2019