South Africa: Students Bring Sunshine and Gifts to Lonely Elders

Thomas More College pupils raised funds to pack 75 gift bags for residents at Jabulani Senior Citizens Residence. The Robin Hood Foundation delivered the treats to ensure the… Read more »

South Africa: Emfuleni Learners Stuck in Broken Schools While Officials Look Away

Maxeke Secondary School has no security, no water, no electricity and no toilets for more than one thousand six hundred learners, and is short of desks. Motsewapele Primary… Read more »

South Africa: Toilet Nightmare At Jeffrey's Bay School Finally Gets Attention

Pellsrus Primary School had just six toilets for 1,246 learners, leading to bladder infections, embarrassment and children wetting themselves in class. The education minister… Read more »

South Africa: Eastern Cape Pupils Back in Class After Taxi Shutdown Ends

Eastern Cape taxis resumed scholar transport after Premier Oscar Mabuyane promised to pay operators and increase their rates by 6%. The four-day shutdown left 700 schools without… Read more »

South Africa: Taxi Strike Leaves Thousands of Eastern Cape Pupils Stranded

Taxi operators in the Eastern Cape stopped transporting learners, saying the Department of Transport has not paid them their fees. The national taxi council says the strike will… Read more »

South Africa: Education Bosses Blow R210 Million While Students Suffer

One branch spent R145-million but met only 13 of 22 goals while hundreds of staff resigned across the department. Travel costs alone reached R174.9-million, including… Read more »

South Africa: Gauteng Budget Crisis Leaves Kids Starving

The Gauteng education department says budget cuts delayed payments to service providers in its extended school nutrition programme. National school meals continue, but the extra… Read more »

South Africa: Dudula Says 'No Foreign Learners Allowed in Public Schools'

Operation Dudula says it will block undocumented foreign children from South African public schools when the 2026 academic year begins in January. Mozambique-born parents Thomas… Read more »

South Africa: Only One in 700 Schools Compliant As Food Scare Hits Mthatha

Only one of more than 700 schools in Buffalo City Metro and Amathole West has the food safety certificates legally required for feeding pupils. The Eastern Cape legislature has… Read more »

South Africa: Gauteng Schools See Massive Response

The Gauteng department of education has kicked off the 2026 online admissions for Grade 1 and Grade 8, processing an impressive 213 654 applications on the first day. Read more »

South Africa: Mpumalanga Education Boss Fired Over R2-Million Laptop Corruption Scandal

Mpumalanga Education MEC Landulile Cathrine Dlamini was removed from her position following the controversial R2-million procurement of 22 laptops and a printer. Internal… Read more »

South Africa: R60-Million Debt Leaves Hundreds of Gauteng Schools in the Dark

Over 500 schools had their power cut for unpaid bills totalling nearly R60-million, with many left without water and sewage too. The worst-hit school, Fleurhof Primary, owed… Read more »

South Africa: 'My Dignity Has Been Destroyed' Says Cwecwe Principal After False Rape Claims

Matatiele principal Jaco Pieterse fled home after social media mob demanded his DNA in rape case that collapsed due to no evidence Million-signature petition and viral TikTok… Read more »

South Africa: New Scholarship Brings Hope to Struggling Soweto Schools

The Happy Khumalo Scholarship Fund was launched at Hoërnle Primary in Soweto to honour the 1976 youth and support neglected schools. The Nyatee Foundation aims to raise… Read more »