March 24, 2023
South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal School Closed After Teachers Threatened
School in Nquthu to re-open on Monday with new security measures Read more »
South Africa: Crammed Mobile Classrooms With No Electricity in Mamelodi School
Staff room has also been converted into a classroom Read more »
March 02, 2023
South Africa: Taxis Interdicted From Interfering With School Transport in Khayelitsha
"The court has sent a strong message to the minibus taxi mafia," says education MEC Read more »
February 17, 2023
South Africa: Fed Up Parents Threaten to Close Down Valencia If a New School Is Not Built
A new primary school was first promised in 2007 Read more »
South Africa: Learners March to Eskom As School Has Been Without Electricity for Several Months
SGB says that illegal connections are to blame for the outage Read more »
February 07, 2023
South Africa: Concern Over Teenage Pregnancies and School Dropouts in Northern Cape
Without enough community, family and school support, pregnant learners struggle to finish their schooling Read more »
February 06, 2023
South Africa: Mamelodi School Under Investigation for Policy Excluding Pregnant Learners
Gauteng Department of Education has announced a probe into Stanza Bopape Secondary School Read more »
February 03, 2023
South Africa: Dire Shortage of School Places for Autistic Children
There are currently 133 children on the waiting list at Quest School for Learners with Autism, the only public specialist school in Gqeberha Read more »
February 01, 2023
South Africa: Limpopo Villagers Demand Primary School for 400 Learners
Community identified land to build a school four years ago in Tshikhudini Read more »
January 24, 2023
South Africa: School Dropout Crisis in Northern Cape Municipality
Report finds that only half the learners who start primary school reach high school, and of these only 15% pass matric in the Joe Morolong Local Municipality Read more »
January 19, 2023
South Africa: Families Desperately Trying to Keep Eastern Cape School Alive
Built more than 70 years ago with mud bricks by villagers, Ixopo Junior Secondary School has been neglected by the education department Read more »
January 14, 2023
South Africa: Thousands Object to School Placements in Gauteng
Department of Education working to resolve contested placements and unplaced grades 1 and 8 learners Read more »
January 13, 2023
South Africa: Undocumented Children Struggle to Find Schools
Instead of being in school some beg at traffic lights Read more »
November 25, 2022
South Africa: Some Eastern Cape Learners Walk 20km to and From School. Every Day.
15,000 learners who need transport are not getting it. And from next year there'll be 22,000 more. Read more »
November 14, 2022
South Africa: Kariega School Opens Five Years After Construction Started
Eastern Cape Department of Education blames delays on protests Read more »
November 09, 2022
South Africa: Principal Called to Account After Matrics Miss Exam
Department of Basic Education says the principal "misdirected the province [Gauteng] that there was a protest in the area" Read more »
November 08, 2022
South Africa: Dreams Deferred for Matriculants Who Can't Get IDs
Without an identity document, hopes of further study are dashed Read more »
November 04, 2022
South Africa: Equal Education Challenges New Western Cape Act in Court
Concern about the establishment of donor schools, collaboration schools, and intervention facilities Read more »
November 03, 2022
South Africa: Learners With Disabilities Must Get a Place in School
Support should be provided to those who enroll in ordinary public schools Read more »
November 02, 2022
South Africa: Rubbish Piles Up Outside Gqeberha Primary School
Illegal dump hasn't been cleared since March Read more »
October 21, 2022
South Africa: Yoliswa Dwane, Co-Founder of Equal Education, Has Died
Under her leadership the organisation ran widely acclaimed campaigns to improve school infrastructure and install libraries in township schools Read more »
September 29, 2022
South Africa: This Project Has Transformed Education in a Remote Part of the Eastern Cape
"Most of the time, we only had school once a week" Read more »