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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

South Africa: Gauteng Province to Deploy Armed Guards At High-Risk Schools

The Gauteng government will implement new security measures, including deploying armed guards and installing cameras at the province's most dangerous schools. Not everyone is… Read more »

South Africa: Student Funding Body CEO Faces Axe After 'Conflict of Interest' in Appointment of Payment Providers

The NSFAS board has given CEO Andile Nongogo until Monday to provide reasons why his contract should not be terminated, after it found against him in the appointment of four… Read more »

South Africa: UCT Council Receives Report From Panel Probing Governance Concerns

The UCT Council has received the report from an independent panel investigating governance at the institution. The report, which will assist 'Council to strengthen the governance… Read more »

South Africa: Census Reveals 5.2 Million Children of School-Going Age Aren't Receiving Education

Since 1996, the number of people in South Africa in the 5-24 age group not attending school increased from 5.09m to about 5.4m (26.6%), Census 2022 has revealed. Read more »

South Africa: Business Leaders Join Principals in Plan to Transform South Africa's Ailing Education System

The Execs Back to School programme goes beyond physical improvements and providing resources to schools, it seeks to instil a mindset of continuous improvement and growth within… Read more »

South Africa: Learning to Read in a Mother Tongue Is Key to Improving SA's Literacy Rates, Says Foundation

At first, the Zenex Foundation believed that helping learners in Mathematics and Science was the best way to address the education crisis. Then it realised that, first, it needed… Read more »

South Africa: Nonprofit Organisation Leads the Charge to Flush Pit Latrines Out of Schools

Breadline Africa, in partnership with investment banker Mark Barnes, is raising R156-million to replace dangerous pit toilets at 240 schools in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. Read more »

South Africa: University of Venda Student Protests Triggered By New NSFAS Payment System Enter a Third Day

Student protests at the University of Venda in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, continued for a third day on Tuesday, with incidents of violence disrupting operations inside and outside the… Read more »

South Africa: Lead Poisoning Responsible for 21% of Educational Differences Between Poor and Rich Countries - Study

New research shows that lead poisoning is hindering children's mental development and dragging down their school marks in subjects like maths. The problem is overwhelmingly… Read more »

South Africa: Thuli Madonsela Embarks On 300km Pilgrimage of Hope to Raise Money to Pay Off Disadvantaged Students' Debt

The former public protector and a group of supporters walked 300km to raise money to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds pay their debts to Stellenbosch University. Read more »