Education

Blind children study in crumbling classrooms as new school project stalls

R168-million project in Limpopo was supposed to be completed in June 2024

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News | 17 July 2025

KZN government fails to pay crèches despite court order

Payments have been “sporadic and inconsistent”, says Legal Resources Centre

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Brief | 16 July 2025

Biologist turns real-life African scientists into superheroes

Justin Yarrow and his team have created a series of cartoons they hope will inspire the next generation of scientists

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News | 14 July 2025

Barbara Bell fought all her life for South Africa’s children

Outspoken activist died last week aged 86

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Obituary | 4 July 2025

Court rejects appointment of advocate to investigate special needs school

The judge said Blind SA has alternative remedies to address allegations of violence and sexual harassment at Filadelfia Secondary School

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Law | 30 June 2025

Government is taking action to keep learners safe

Response to article: Sex offenders in schools: how government botched a crucial learner safety project

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Right to reply | 28 June 2025

US aid cuts leave rural Lesotho schools searching for alternative funding

Across Lesotho, many children are still learning in church halls and outside, says education official

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News | 27 June 2025

Parents vow to keep children out of school after murder of learner

Demand for scholar transport after 13-year-old Anga Ndema was killed on her way back from school

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News | 26 June 2025

Sex offenders in schools: how government botched a crucial learner safety project

In spite of government promises, only one teacher in ten has been screened

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Feature | 25 June 2025

Four children shot dead in three weeks in Samora Machel

All the victims were in school uniform when they were gunned down

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Brief | 12 June 2025

Pit toilets from the 1980s are still in use at this Eastern Cape school

Parents at Bhetshwana Primary, which has 200 learners, say the school has begged the education department for toilets for decades

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Brief | 12 June 2025

Blind SA takes schools to court over conditions for children with disabilities

A failure to provide safe and dignified hostel conditions for learners with disabilities is widespread in South Africa, the organisation says

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Law | 6 June 2025

100-year-old Flagstaff school is falling apart

In 2013 the Flagstaff Comprehensive High School was promised a share of a R195-million project. But nothing happened

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News | 5 June 2025

Eastern Cape teacher accused of beating learner with a hosepipe

Department of Education warns teachers against using corporal punishment to discipline learners

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News | 4 June 2025

In 2013, Zakes Mda was horrified to see 110 learners in a class in this school. Twelve years later, nothing has changed

A third of schools in the Eastern Cape do not meet minimum norms and standards

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Feature | 3 June 2025

KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèches

At least 275 centres have faced issues with late subsidy payments

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News | 27 May 2025