April 15
South Africa: How the Education Department Plans to Keep Pregnant Learners in School
The Department of Basic Education is seeking to permanently end the quiet expulsion of pregnant learners. Draft regulations propose an ironclad academic safety net and mandatory… Read more »
April 13
South Africa: University of Fort Hare Turmoil Deepens As Vice-Chancellor Is Suspended Amid Siu Investigation
University of Fort Hare Vice-Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu has been suspended as the SIU investigates serious corruption and maladministration claims at the university… Read more »
March 30
South Africa: Inside the Alleged Fight Against the Clean-Up At the Department of Basic Education
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube's attempts at reform appear to be meeting with serious pushback from within her department - with her own officials allegedly attempting to… Read more »
March 25
South Africa: Official Reports Highlight Systemic Issues and Financial Rot At Ekurhuleni Special Needs School
For months, parents of students at Dukathole LSEN School have voiced serious concerns over a deteriorating learning environment, and now two official government reports have… Read more »
March 23
South Africa: After the Bell - Our New Universities and the River of Employment
The rapid growth of private education is a wonderful opportunity for educationists, students, companies and capital. But we mustn't forget what the rise of such good firms hides… Read more »
March 05
South Africa: Xenophobic Framing Risks Shrinking the Intellectual Horizons of SA's Universities
Parliamentary suspicion and underlying Afrophobia are putting South Africa's universities at risk, discouraging international academics and students. This threatens the country's… Read more »
March 04
South Africa: Early Hearing Detection Could Help Close the Learning Gap Before It Opens
Early hearing loss often goes undetected, quietly shaping a child's ability to speak, learn and connect. A quick test at birth could change that trajectory - yet too many of SA's… Read more »
February 26
South Africa: Old-School Elegance - Karoo-Style in Ladismith
Victorian-era buildings of the Klein Karoo that have escaped the developers' wrecking ball. Read more »
South Africa: Why 15 Percent of South African Grade 3s Can't Read a Single Word - - and What's Being Done About It
With national reading goals slipping out of reach, a new report reveals the stark reality of South Africa's literacy crisis and how proactive provinces and private donors are… Read more »
February 23
South Africa: SA's Education System Is Failing Our Boys - the Story Behind the Stats
Many South African boys are labelled 'poor reader', 'underperformer' or 'slow learner' without understanding of their wider context and, worse still, without targeted support to… Read more »
South Africa: Roedean-King David Row - - Children Pay the Price When Adults Talk Past Each Other
When a tennis match cancellation escalates into resignations, Roedean and King David schools highlight the urgent need for constructive dialogue amid cultural divides. Read more »
South Africa: How to Harness the Power of Social Justice-Oriented Philanthropy for SA Education
Education is often described as a lever for systemic change that can provide a pathway from poverty to opportunity and prosperity. Yet despite pockets of excellence, grand-scale… Read more »
February 19
South Africa: UCT Fee Crisis - 1,400 Self-Funded Students in Limbo As Campus Calm Returns
Order has been restored at the University of Cape Town following Monday's disruptive protests, yet the academic future of roughly 1,400 self-funded students remains precarious… Read more »
February 17
South Africa: How Kraaifontein High Boosted Its 56 Percent Matric Pass Rate to 89 Percent in Two Years
Many no-fee schools in South Africa don't have the resources to provide the academic and non-academic support that learners and staff need. Through working together as a school… Read more »
South Africa: Academic Success Comes At a Cost - - High-Achieving NMB School Struggles With Overcrowding
More than a decade after warnings about rising learner numbers, classrooms at Walmer High remain overcrowded, with temporary prefab structures in visible decline and little… Read more »
February 16
South Africa: UCT Registration Disrupted As Students Demand End to Fee Blocks
The University of Cape Town was thrown into turmoil on the first day of the academic year as students blocked campus entrances, including the M3 access in Rondebosch, protesting… Read more »
February 05
South Africa: The Quiet Innovation That Could Unlock Mother-Tongue Education in SA
The shared-facility model separates physical infrastructure from institutional identity. Multiple fully fledged schools, each with its own language of instruction, leadership,… Read more »
February 03
South Sudan: Students Moved to Temporary Housing As Cput Faces Ongoing Accommodation Crisis
In what has become a grimly familiar start to the academic year, Cape Peninsula University of Technology continues to struggle to place students in accommodation. Many have slept… Read more »
South Africa: The Grand Illusion of the 88 Percent Senior Certificate Pass Rate and SA's Literacy Crisis - Connect the Dots
Without an urgent pivot toward Grade R-3 literacy and parental empowerment, the South African educational system remains a 'certificate factory' rather than a centre of human… Read more »
January 26
South Africa: Matric Class of 2025 Signals SA Is On the Right Track to Opportunity and Equity
The record matric pass rate does not hide the shortcomings of the education system, but at least we are following the correct path. Read more »
South Africa: Beware of Bogus Colleges Preying On Desperate Young South Africans
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Mimmy Gondwe is appealing to parents not to fall for bogus colleges that prey on desperate students seeking tertiary education… Read more »
January 25
South Africa: Young People Must Move From Silent Students to Active Architects of Global Education
As we marked the International Day of Education on 24 January, there is a global shift in power as the traditional hierarchy of 'teacher teaches, student listens' is being… Read more »
January 20
South Africa: Floods Derail Start of 2026 Classes in Limpopo and Mpumalanga - - Hundreds of Schools Shut
Relentless rains have submerged roads, collapsed bridges and damaged dozens of schools across Limpopo's Vhembe, Mopani, and Sekhukhune districts and Mpumalanga's Bushbuckridge,… Read more »
January 18
South Africa: Ministerial Report Card - Is Siviwe Gwarube Up to the Task of Leading SA's Basic Education Ministry?
It is one of the most important ministerial portfolios and no individual has come away from it covered in glory. However, in many respects, the minister seems to be getting several… Read more »
January 15
South Africa: Lavender Hill High School in Cape Town Boosts Matric Pass Rate By 20 Percent in Two Years
Three years ago, Daily Maverick visited Lavender Hill High School in Cape Town, which had a matric pass rate just under 70%, to explore the stories of success and adversity behind… Read more »
