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 »
December 05, 2023
South Africa: South African Primary School Team Takes Top Place in Coding Tournament
The #Coding4Mandela World Championship was held virtually on Tuesday Read more »
November 30, 2023
South Africa: NSFAS Budget Cuts Could Leave More Than 87,000 Students Without Funding in 2024
The financial aid scheme has already received over 200,000 applications since 21 November Read more »
November 29, 2023
South Africa: 'Fix Our Schools' Activists Tell Minister As Deadline Passes
Minimum norms and standards set ten years ago have not been met, says Equal Education Read more »
November 28, 2023
South Africa: Book Worms - Philippi Learners Ace Arts Centre Book Quiz
Learners compete to show they can read for meaning Read more »
November 23, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds of Early Childhood Development Sector Workers March in Manguang
They are frustrated by "failures" in the Free State education system Read more »
November 20, 2023
South Africa: University of Cape Town Senate Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
In a statement it also called for "the release of hostages and unlawfully held prisoners" Read more »
November 16, 2023
South Africa: 22 Gauteng Schools Built With Asbestos Still Haven't Been Replaced
Historic Kliptown Primary School is one of them Read more »
November 15, 2023
South Africa: Khayelitsha Schools Battle Illegal Electricity Connections
Electricity theft has left Nomsa Maphongwana Primary School in Mandela Park with a Eskom bill of more than R167,880 Read more »
November 13, 2023
South Africa: Kariega Parents Fight to Save 'Beacon of Hope' Farm School
The education department wants to close Amanzi Primary School because it only has 114 learners Read more »
November 09, 2023
South Africa: Parents in Tears Over Terrible Conditions At School for Disabled Children
Eastern Cape education department sends task team to investigate Read more »
November 02, 2023
South Africa: Church Refuses to Leave Land Earmarked for a Much-Needed School in Philippi
SANCO has stepped in to intervene and leaders have now escalated the matter to the authorities Read more »
October 30, 2023
South Africa: Parents Fear for Children's Safety At Dilapidated School
Mntla Primary consists of prefabs from the 1980s Read more »
October 23, 2023
South Africa: Cable Theft and Shootings Force Cape Town Library Closures
But the people who work at the libraries in Hanover Park and Bellville are determined to continue creating safe spaces for their communities Read more »
October 20, 2023
South Africa: Right to Read Campaign Launches in Makhanda
Civil society and teachers join forces to make early-grade literacy a national priority Read more »
October 13, 2023
South Africa: KwaZulu-NatalTeachers March for Safety At Schools
"Some of our colleagues have been brutally murdered while at the workplace" Read more »
October 12, 2023
South Africa: Walter Sisulu Students Spend the Night in Jail After NSFAS Protest
University says it is NSFAS's responsibility to resolve the issue with students Read more »
October 05, 2023
South Africa: Parliament Unimpressed By NSFAS's Turnaround Plan
Student funding scheme given seven working days to answer portfolio committee's questions Read more »
October 04, 2023
South Africa: Without Ma Rosey, These Children Would Have Nothing All Day but Sugar Water
Mthatha mother battles to feed the children who come to her day care centre Read more »
September 28, 2023
South Africa: 'I Get Home After 4pm, Hungry As Hell' - School Feeding Falls Short in the Eastern Cape
Some schools are not getting even the minimum funding from the National School Nutrition Programme Read more »
South Africa: Early Childhood Development Programmes Should Be Part of Free Basic Education
Only a third of children in SA are enrolled in ECD programmes Read more »
September 21, 2023
South Africa: Minister Promised All Schools Would Have a Library By November 29 - That Deadline Won't Be Met
Three quarters of public schools still don't have libraries, in spite of a 2013 promise Read more »
September 20, 2023
South Africa: Student Funding Scheme, Minister Snub Parliamentary Hearing
The portfolio committee will issue a summons if NSFAS and the minister fail to attend the next meeting Read more »
September 19, 2023
South Africa: Simple Games Help Children Learn to Read
Even a cereal box can be a useful teaching tool Read more »