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 »
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 »