South Africa: Drivers Given 60 Days to Comply With Strict Scholar Transport Rules

Hundreds of operators marched in Johannesburg on Friday against the Gauteng transport department's new regulations Read more »

South Africa: 80% of NSFAS Students Are First Years

Many students drop out or find alternative funding Read more »

South Africa: Unregistered Private Schools Leave Learners and Parents in Limbo

School owners in Limpopo say registration process is slow and opaque Read more »

South Africa: Private School Misleads Parents About Matric Accreditation

Parents say they were not consulted before 75 learners were transferred from Elshaddai Learning Academy to Lee Rand High School Read more »

South Africa: Learners Taught in Mud Brick Classrooms Built By Parents in 1958

Overcrowded school in Limpopo has waited years for new classrooms Read more »

South Africa: Keep Your Teacher, We Don't Want Her, Parents Tell Education Department

Parents demand removal of Eastern Cape school principal Read more »

South Africa: 250 Learners Share Three Pit Toilets At This Eastern Cape School

Fama Primary School in Flagstaff is falling apart Read more »

South Africa: Why Is UCT's Jagger Library Still Boarded Up?

Future of the building, gutted by fire almost five years ago, is still being discussed Read more »

South Africa: Anti-Immigrant Protests Erupt At Durban School

Education department rejects claims that immigrants are given preference Read more »

South Africa: Human Rights Commission Visits School Where Learners Use Playground As a Loo

Toilets are being repaired at Van Coller primary after parents shut down the school last week Read more »

South Africa: Unemployed Teachers Camp Outside KZN Education Department

Department ignores them Read more »

South Africa: KZN School Devastated By Thunderstorms

SGB chair claims education minister promised to build new school. MEC Sipho Hlomuka has not answered our questions. Read more »

South Africa: Gauteng Battles to Place Learners

Many parents are disappointed with the schools they've been offered Read more »

South Africa: Literacy Crisis - Why Makhanda Matters

Two interventions show what can and what can't be done Read more »

South Africa: Special Tribunal Hammers KZN Education Officials for Corrupt Contract

Company ordered to repay money. Disciplinary action must be taken against 16 officials. Read more »

South Africa: Community Fights to Reopen Primary School

Policy to close small schools forces children to walk far to get to school Read more »

South Africa: Magnus Carlsen and World's Top Chess Players Show Their Skills in Cape Town

The University of the Western Cape hosted a simultaneous display ahead of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals Read more »

South Africa: Facebook Promotes Rubbish Because It Doesn't Understand Indigenous Languages

Content producers get away with fake news and clickbait Read more »

South Africa: Court Lambasts Western Cape Education Department, Orders It to Fix Late School Admissions

The court found the department had failed to plan adequately for late placements and the situation had been getting worse for over a decade Read more »

South Africa: Writing Exams in Leaking Classrooms With No Electricity

The education department says it will appoint a contractor to renovate H S Phillips Secondary in Limpopo in April 2027 Read more »

South Africa: Child Literacy - We Can Change How the Story Ends

The Funda Uphumelele National Survey shows us what must be done Read more »

South Africa: Promises, Promises but Still No School

Willowvale families have been waiting for their new school since 2018 Read more »

South Africa: Storm-Damaged Schools Still Not Repaired After Four Years

KwaZulu-Natal government says a contractor started work last week, but we saw no evidence of this when we visited the schools on Monday Read more »

South Africa: School Pit Latrines Demolished but Not Replaced With New Toilets

Two primary schools in Limpopo have been struggling for over a year with inadequate chemical toilets Read more »

South Africa: Filthy, Broken Toilets and Teachers Urinating Behind Bushes - a Groundup Investigation Finds Limpopo's Schools Have Not Yet Been Fixed

Ten years after the Michael Komape tragedy, many schools still need proper toilets Read more »