Education
Battle over former Heathfield principal’s return
Western Cape Education Department argues reinstatement would cause “chaos at the school”
Law | 13 February 2026
80% of NSFAS students are first years
Many students drop out or find alternative funding
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 13 February 2026
Unregistered private schools leave learners and parents in limbo
School owners in Limpopo say registration process is slow and opaque
By Thembi Siaga
News | 12 February 2026
Learners taught in mud brick classrooms built by parents in 1958
Overcrowded school in Limpopo has waited years for new classrooms
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 5 February 2026
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
Brief | 5 February 2026
Principal Wesley Neumann’s return to Heathfield High delayed
The Western Cape Education Department has filed a notice of intention to apply for leave to appeal, which has delayed Neumann’s planned return to the school on 2 February
Law | 30 January 2026
Keep your teacher, we don’t want her, parents tell education department
Parents demand removal of Eastern Cape school principal
Brief | 28 January 2026
250 learners share three pit toilets at this Eastern Cape school
Fama Primary School in Flagstaff is falling apart
Brief | 27 January 2026
Why is UCT’s Jagger Library still boarded up?
Future of the building, gutted by fire almost five years ago, is still being discussed
News | 26 January 2026