October 30, 2023
South Africa: Parents Fear for Children's Safety At Dilapidated School
Mntla Primary consists of prefabs from the 1980s Read more »
October 23, 2023
South Africa: Cable Theft and Shootings Force Cape Town Library Closures
But the people who work at the libraries in Hanover Park and Bellville are determined to continue creating safe spaces for their communities Read more »
October 20, 2023
South Africa: Right to Read Campaign Launches in Makhanda
Civil society and teachers join forces to make early-grade literacy a national priority Read more »
October 13, 2023
South Africa: KwaZulu-NatalTeachers March for Safety At Schools
"Some of our colleagues have been brutally murdered while at the workplace" Read more »
October 12, 2023
South Africa: Walter Sisulu Students Spend the Night in Jail After NSFAS Protest
University says it is NSFAS's responsibility to resolve the issue with students Read more »
October 05, 2023
South Africa: Parliament Unimpressed By NSFAS's Turnaround Plan
Student funding scheme given seven working days to answer portfolio committee's questions Read more »
October 04, 2023
South Africa: Without Ma Rosey, These Children Would Have Nothing All Day but Sugar Water
Mthatha mother battles to feed the children who come to her day care centre Read more »
September 28, 2023
South Africa: 'I Get Home After 4pm, Hungry As Hell' - School Feeding Falls Short in the Eastern Cape
Some schools are not getting even the minimum funding from the National School Nutrition Programme Read more »
South Africa: Early Childhood Development Programmes Should Be Part of Free Basic Education
Only a third of children in SA are enrolled in ECD programmes Read more »
September 21, 2023
South Africa: Minister Promised All Schools Would Have a Library By November 29 - That Deadline Won't Be Met
Three quarters of public schools still don't have libraries, in spite of a 2013 promise Read more »
September 20, 2023
South Africa: Student Funding Scheme, Minister Snub Parliamentary Hearing
The portfolio committee will issue a summons if NSFAS and the minister fail to attend the next meeting Read more »
September 19, 2023
South Africa: Simple Games Help Children Learn to Read
Even a cereal box can be a useful teaching tool Read more »
September 18, 2023
South Africa: CPUT Agrees to Increase Payment to Private Residence After Students Locked Out
This is despite the owner of 210 Long Street not meeting all NSFAS requirements of a fully accredited accommodation. Read more »
September 07, 2023
South Africa: Parliament Grills NSFAS Over Student Funding Failures
The scheme has had more than 170,000 appeals from students about allowance payments Read more »
South Africa: This Is What We Can Do to End the Reading Crisis
As the November 2023 deadline looms, 70% of public schools still don't have libraries Read more »
August 31, 2023
South Africa: Leadership and Governance in Crisis At Our Universities, Parliament Told
Concerns about maladministration, assassination attempts, academic malpractice, and the state of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme were raised Read more »
August 29, 2023
South Africa: South Africa Must Fix Its Academic Incentives, or Other Universities May Meet the Same Fate As Unisa
Paying the same amount for every published article encourages low-quality paper-mills Read more »
August 21, 2023
South Africa: Learners Launch Storytelling Project to 'Recapture the Beauty' of Masiphumelele
Masiphumelele: Through The Struggles We Rise is a project by nine high school girls and students from the Stellenbosch Academy of Photography and Design Read more »
August 18, 2023
South Africa: Students Fear Being Evicted Again If NSFAS Payment Issues Not Resolved
"My family is over 1,500 kilometres away in the Free State and I don't really have anyone in Cape Town that I can go live with if we are evicted again," she says. Read more »
August 16, 2023
South Africa: Students March to Parliament in Protest Against New NSFAS System
Many students say they have not received their allowances Read more »
August 15, 2023
South Africa: Hopes Pinned On Dr Naledi Mbude to Turn Around South Africa's Abysmal Reading Scores
Mbude is now Deputy Director-General for Special Projects including African language education, seen by many as a key to improving child literacy Read more »
August 07, 2023
South Africa: Taxi Drivers Chase School Children in Day of Violence in Cape Town
Truck driver describes his narrow escape after his vehicle was torched by mob Read more »
August 02, 2023
South Africa: Teachers Quit Eastern Cape School After Accusations of Violence Against Learners
Ngqeleni Junior Secondary School has been short of 14 teachers since March Read more »
August 01, 2023
South Africa: Municipality in Court for Cutting Off Water to School With 500 Learners
Judge orders Mogale City to immediately reinstate the water supply to Krugersdorp school Read more »
August 04, 2023
South Africa: Checkmate - Gugulethu Chess Coach Shares Her Passion With Youth
Gugulethu Chess College under-11 team to go to provincial tournament Read more »