May 10
South Africa: Refugee and Former Car Guard Graduates With a PhD
Albert Mpazayabo hopes his thesis on integration of refugees in South Africa will be taken seriously by the authorities Read more »
May 09
South Africa: Unpaid School Uniform Makers Occupy Gauteng Social Development Offices
Sewing co-operatives delivered thousands of school uniforms to learners in need, but the department is disowning them Read more »
May 08
South Africa: Protesters Demand Wits Take Public Stand On Gaza
Calls for "academic boycott of apartheid Israel" Read more »
April 29
South Africa: 14 Years After Court Order, Government Starts Building Special School in Makhanda
Amasango Career School's permanent premises to be completed by 2027 Read more »
April 18
South Africa: Illegal School in Limpopo Closed, but Parents Ask Why It Took So Long
Parents fear their children have lost years of education and will be held back Read more »
April 12
South Africa: Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Education
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi Read more »
April 11
South Africa: 131 Schools in Nelson Mandela Bay Robbed, Mostly At Gunpoint, in Five Months
Many teachers are afraid to report for duty Read more »
April 08
South Africa: Children Have to Use an Open Field As a Toilet At Mthatha Primary School
Zwelinzima Primary has 200 learners and 13 staff but no toilets Read more »
April 04
South Africa: Pit Toilet Eradication Deadline Missed By Limpopo Education Department
But department says it's 80% of the way there Read more »
March 25
South Africa: Cape Town School in the Dark Because It Owes Thousands to Eskom
A teacher at Vergenoegd Primary in Delft, Cape Town, says they discovered that the bursar office missed payments from August 2023 Read more »
March 21
South Africa: Action Threatened Against Unregistered School That Charges R850 Per Month
"The owner ... only cares about money, not the education of our children" says parent Read more »
March 19
South Africa: Years of Protests Pay Off As Eastern Cape Village Gets New High School
The R56-million Vukile Tshwete Senior Secondary has officially opened in Keiskammahoek after eight years of struggle Read more »
March 14
South Africa: Library Services Crippled in Nelson Mandela Bay
The libraries of Motherwell, Zwide, Allanridge, KwaMagxaki and Chatty are not functioning. This leaves the main townships of Gqerberha with only the New Brighton library, the… Read more »
South Africa: Library Vandalism Hits Learners Hard in Philippi
The library in Brown's Farm, Philippi, in Cape Town, has been closed for seven months after it was vandalised, and may not be open again for another five months, leaving tens of… Read more »
March 13
South Africa: Eastern Cape College Classes Disrupted By Student Protests
No teaching at Ikhala College campuses due to demonstrations over NSFAS allowances Read more »
March 12
South Africa: Building of New Classrooms At Overcrowded Dunoon School Stalled
Inkwenkwezi Secondary School has more than 1,500 learners, with an average of 45 learners per class Read more »
March 06
South Africa: Wits Students Stage 'Sleepover' Protests
The university says its made 530 emergency beds available and has reopened applications to on-campus residences Read more »
March 04
South Africa: Yoliswa Dwane, Education Activist Who Condemned John Hlophe, Is Remembered At UCT Event
She "dedicated her life to advancing social justice" but died "too young, too early" Read more »
March 01
South Africa: Gugulethu School for Adults Abandoned By Government, Say Residents
St Francis Community Learning Centre has to rely on illegal connection for electricity Read more »
February 26
South Africa: Makhanda Students Burn Paper in Protest Against NSFAS
Three days of protest because allowances are now paid directly to landlords Read more »
February 20
South Africa: Nelson Mandela University Students Block Campus Entrance Over Unpaid Nsfas Funds
Lectures are taking place online Read more »
South Africa: Education Department's Electricity Cut Off for Owing Millions of Rands
Eastern Cape provincial education department's offices in Nelson Mandela Bay have been in the dark since December Read more »
February 13
South Africa: Mpumalanga Delays Building of School for Learners With Disabilities
School was promised over 10 years ago Read more »
January 24
South Africa: Education Department Blames Transport Department for Scholar Transport Fiasco
Hundreds of learners are stuck at home and not in school Read more »
South Africa: Dunoon Top Achiever Dreams of Studying Chemical Engineering
Makanaka Muzuva's parents are Zimbabwean and cannot afford to pay for her university ambitions Read more »