April 16
South Africa: Leadership, Resilience Is Behind the Success of One Rural School
It is possible for South African schools facing huge challenges to get noteworthy results. Read more »
April 11
South Africa: Stellenbosch University Senate Members Call for End to Israel's 'Brutal and Barbaric' Destruction in Gaza
The following statement was submitted for discussion to the Stellenbosch University Senate. We are awaiting a special meeting of the Senate to further debate the matter. The… Read more »
April 04
South Africa: Breakthrough for Early Learning As Education Department Embraces Non-Formal Venues
The new strategy projects the need for 115,000 new early learning venues for 2.9 million 3-5-year-olds by 2030, but it acknowledges that these children must be reached now in… Read more »
March 06
South Africa: Professor Edward Webster - Hamba Kahle, Madala of Sociology
Academics and activists have mourned the death of Professor Emeritus Edward Webster, who pioneered the sub-discipline of industrial sociology in South Africa. Read more »
March 05
South Africa: Education and Health Take Biggest Slice of R165bn Gauteng Budget, but Social Development Spending Cut
Finance MEC Jacob Mamabolo tabled the final Gauteng budget of the sixth administration on Tuesday. Opposition parties criticised it as electioneering. Read more »
February 26
South Africa: From Sex Education to Alcohol Sales and Minority Languages, Bela Bill Gets Roasted
Chairperson of the Gauteng Portfolio Committee on Education Tshilidzi Munyai had his hands full calming down people who were angry about some of the more controversial clauses in… Read more »
February 15
South Africa: Pa's Kenny Kunene Brazenly Targets Primary School for Alleged Shona Lessons, Foreign National Learners
Using xenophobia to campaign is against the Electoral Code of Conduct, say activists. Read more »
South Africa: We Urgently Need Positive Disruptive Leadership to Turn SA's Public Universities Around
The typical academic leader is sandwiched between unloving critics and uncritical lovers. To negotiate these complex scenarios, leaders should possess a unique mix of disruptive… Read more »
South Africa: NSFAS Reveals Myriad 'Challenges', With Over 36 000 Students Still Without Beds in 2024
Troubled adverse audit described and over 36,000 student beds still need to be accredited. Read more »
January 31
South Africa: Top South African University Must Root Out Toxic Culture - Legal Expert
Despite assurances from the university that the initiation problem is being addressed, it has not managed to root out the toxic and exclusionary culture in some residences, with… Read more »
December 06, 2023
South Africa: University of Limpopo Suspends Council Member for 'Campaign Against Vice-Chancellor'
The University of Limpopo has suspended a council member amid claims that he 'campaigned' for the removal of the 70-year-old vice-chancellor, who has been at the helm since 2006. Read more »
November 22, 2023
South Africa: Call It What It Is - The Education System Is in Complete Ruins
Reforming the education system is a bit like providing cough syrup for severe Covid-19. Hope, I am afraid, will not come from reform. We will only find it in total and complete… Read more »
November 20, 2023
South Africa: Schools Still Plagued By 'Historical Infrastructure Backlogs', Overcrowding
Finding a 'correlation' between poor infrastructure and quality of education, an Equal Education report calls for education authorities to eradicate infrastructure backlogs. Read more »
November 13, 2023
South Africa: Eastern Cape Parents Bent On Pursuing Legal Battle Against Education Department Over Chronically Overcrowded Schools
Parents of learners in the Eastern Cape are refusing to back down in their legal fight to force the provincial education department to address overcrowding in schools. Read more »
November 12, 2023
South Africa: Top Universities UCT and UWC in Turmoil Over Vice-Chancellors
The troubles have sparked a debate over whether councils or their statutes rule the roost. Read more »
November 08, 2023
South Africa: Parliament Weighs in On Independent Report into UCT Governance
Some committee members said Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande should consider appointing an independent assessor to look into the Mpati Report on governance at UCT after the… Read more »
South Africa: Former UCT Council Chair Resigns From Hollard Board After Independent Panel Report
Former University of Cape Town Council chair, Babalwa Ngonyama, who was implicated in the independent panel report into the governance crisis at the university - along with former… Read more »
November 05, 2023
South Africa: Suspension of Vaal University of Technology Registrar - Minister Asked to Intervene
Suspended registrar Dr Dan Mokoena has asked Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande to intervene. In 2019, the university was placed under administration,… Read more »
November 02, 2023
South Africa: University Governance 101 - Takeaway Lessons From UCT's Big Phakeng Mess
The independent report into the governance crisis at the University of Cape Town, released this week, has pulled no punches in assigning blame to individuals -- but it is the… Read more »
South Africa: High Court Overturns Minister's Appointment of Administrator for Unisa
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande says he will study the order and decide on another legal route after being ordered to retract his Government Gazette placing Unisa under… Read more »
November 01, 2023
South Africa: Independent Report Blasts University of Cape Town's Recent Leadership
The report released this week by an independent panel investigating governance failures at UCT in recent years excoriates former vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng. It paints a… Read more »
October 31, 2023
South Africa: Drama Over University of the Western Cape Decision to Terminate Vice-Chancellor Recruitment Process
The UWC senate is unhappy about the cancellation of the institution's vice-chancellor recruitment drive. The process is to be restarted from scratch. Read more »
October 26, 2023
South Africa: Eight of SA's 26 Public Universities Fail to Get Clean Audits
The Auditor-General says four universities reported achieving their objectives in their annual reports without providing credible information, while audit outcomes for another four… Read more »
South Africa: Opposition Rallies Against Basic Education Bill Adopted By National Assembly
The National Assembly on Thursday passed the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill. According to the DA, the Bill is discriminatory as it gives the head of provincial education… Read more »
October 24, 2023
South Africa: Student Funding Body CEO Fired By Board Over Student Payment Irregularities and Conflicts of Interest
NSFAS board chairperson Ernest Khosa told Parliament that Andile Nongogo has been dismissed from the entity. Nongogo had been in the firing line over a conflict of interest in the… Read more »