July 24, 2023
South Africa: Supporters of Gay Rights and EFF Members Go Head to Head At UCT
Tensions ahead of lecture by controversial Kenyan professor Read more »
July 20, 2023
South Africa: Inside a Cape Flats Minstrel Band
"This is more than just a band. This is like a family." Read more »
July 18, 2023
South Africa: Equal Education, Sadtu Fail in Western Cape Education Challenge
Judge has harsh words for teachers' union Read more »
June 23, 2023
South Africa: No One Knows When Building Will Restart On the Manenberg School of Skills
The construction tender was ruled invalid because of bungling by a Western Cape government department Read more »
June 15, 2023
South Africa: Funds Shortage Leads Eastern Cape Education Department to Investigate Mthatha School Principal
Learners have protested over a lack of desks and textbooks Read more »
June 14, 2023
South Africa: Illegal Connections to Blame for Leaving Learners in the Dark, Says Eskom
Staff of Bloekombos High School make photocopies at neighbouring schools for exams Read more »
May 25, 2023
South Africa: Limpopo Learners Keep Tabs On River Water Quality
Project links academics, citizen scientists and learners to monitor borehole and river water Read more »
May 24, 2023
South Africa: About 100 Students March to NSFAS Over Funding Troubles
"We (SRCs) refuse to remain silent while the dreams and aspirations of the children of the poor and working class are trampled on by an unyielding bureaucracy." Read more »
South Africa: University of Venda Lectures Resume After Two-Day Protest
Management has agreed to address most of the students' demands Read more »
May 23, 2023
South Africa: Govt Criticised for Blaming Covid-19 for Country's Literacy Crisis
Department of basic education needs to take responsibility for "devastating" literacy rates, say opposition and civil society Read more »
May 22, 2023
South Africa: UCT Council Chair Resigns Following Governance Panel's Recommendations
Report makes several findings against Babalwa Ngyonyama, particularly in relation to her treatment of former deputy vice-chancellor Lis Lange Read more »
May 17, 2023
South Africa: Study Shows South African Children Have Lost a Decade of Reading Progress
International study confirms that eight out of ten grade 4 learners still can't read for meaning Read more »
May 15, 2023
South Africa: Makhanda Schools Press On Despite Failed National Reading Plan
While South Africa faces a deepening literacy crisis, teachers in Makhanda are battling in overcrowded classrooms. They need more teachers. They need more funds. Learners need… Read more »
May 11, 2023
South Africa: Parents Block School Entrance in Cofimvaba After Scholar Transport Cancelled
Most of the affected learners live in St Mark's, about 26 kilometres from Isikhoba Nombewu Technical School Read more »
South Africa: Mud Classrooms Crumble While Building Materials Sit on Site
Contractor appointed to build prefab classrooms in Qombolo village disappeared six years ago Read more »
May 02, 2023
South Africa: For Years, Subsidies Have Been Withheld From Poorest Eastern Cape Schools
Schools now set to receive missing R872.5-million Read more »
May 10, 2023
South Africa: Revealed - How Angie Motshekga's Reading Plan Failed SA's Children
President Ramaphosa announced a "massive reading campaign" in 2019. It never got off the ground. Read more »
May 04, 2023
South Africa: Eastern Cape Principal Accused of Beating Learners With a Hose Pipe
The principal is one of six teachers in the Eastern Cape currently under investigation by the department for use of corporal punishment Read more »
April 25, 2023
South Africa: Parents and Learners Close Eastern Cape School
Kariega school is short of teachers, say protesters Read more »
April 24, 2023
South Africa: Graaff-Reinet College Closed By Student Protest
Students complain of delay in payment of NSFAS allowance Read more »
April 28, 2023
South Africa: Makhanda Literacy Project Shows Dramatic Results
Whistle Stop School pulls learners out of class for short periods to teach them to read Read more »
April 25, 2023
South Africa: Learners At KZN Special Schools Return to Class After Boycott
Provincial education department has promised to provide ten buses Read more »
April 13, 2023
South Africa: Eastern Cape Learners Stuck at Home Without School Transport
Department says it does not know how many learners need transport Read more »
April 12, 2023
South Africa: Limpopo Protesters Demand Urgent Mobile Toilets for Schools With Pit Latrines
One school has three pit toilets for 400 learners Read more »
April 11, 2023
South Africa: 66,000 Learners in Limpopo Schools Are Still Using Pit Latrines
But the numbers are falling at last Read more »