Topic: Education | GroundUp

Taxis interdicted from interfering with school transport in Khayelitsha

“The court has sent a strong message to the minibus taxi mafia,” says education MEC

Brief | 2 March 2023

Equal Education made “constitutional alchemy” says lawyer who represented them

Jason Brickhill, director of litigation at SERI, remembers how Equal Education and the Legal Resources Centre built the school infrastructure norms and standards case

By Matthew Hirsch

News | 27 February 2023

Police fire rubber bullets at Geluksdal students

A fatal stabbing at the school has led to protests demanding “justice” for Shawn Mphela

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 17 February 2023

Gandhi’s legacy in South Africa threatened by lack of government interest and dwindling funds

Gandhi Museum and the Phoenix Settlement he founded no longer have any major donors

By Benita Enoch

News | 17 February 2023

Fed up parents threaten to close down Valencia if a new school is not built

A new primary school was first promised in 2007

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 17 February 2023

Fatal stabbing at Geluksdal Secondary was only a matter of time

Department of Education accused of not taking preventive action

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 9 February 2023

Project from Iceland to tackle drinking and drug use among children in George

Nearly half of 13 and 14-year-olds at one school have been drunk at least once, survey found

By Daniel Steyn

News | 9 February 2023

Literacy crisis deepening in South Africa, says new report

Children are far behind in learning to read and it is getting worse

By James Stent

News | 7 February 2023

Concern over teenage pregnancies and school dropouts in Northern Cape

Without enough community, family and school support, pregnant learners struggle to finish their schooling

By Marecia Damons

News | 7 February 2023

Mamelodi school under investigation for policy excluding pregnant learners

Gauteng Department of Education has announced a probe into Stanza Bopape Secondary School

By Warren Mabona

Brief | 6 February 2023

Dire shortage of school places for autistic children

There are currently 133 children on the waiting list at Quest School for Learners with Autism, the only public specialist school in Gqeberha

By Joseph Chirume

News | 3 February 2023

Limpopo villagers demand primary school for 400 learners

Community identified land to build a school four years ago in Tshikhudini

By Bernard Chiguvare

Brief | 1 February 2023

How to achieve a 100% matric pass rate in one of the country’s poorest areas

Independent no-fee school Bulungula College is the first in Elliotdale’s history to achieve 100% pass rate

By Mkhuseli Sizani and Daniel Steyn

News | 26 January 2023

Studying before dawn earns seven distinctions for star Joe Slovo Park learner

Learners at Sinenjongo High overcome tough living conditions and Covid disruptions to excel

By Peter Luhanga

News | 26 January 2023

School dropout crisis in Northern Cape municipality

Report finds that only half the learners who start primary school reach high school, and of these only 15% pass matric in the Joe Morolong Local Municipality

By Marecia Damons

News | 24 January 2023

Families desperately trying to keep Eastern Cape school alive

Built more than 70 years ago with mud bricks by villagers, Ixopo Junior Secondary School has been neglected by the education department

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 19 January 2023