Education
Parents stop classes at broken-down KwaZulu-Natal school
Babanango Primary School has been closed since Monday due to protests by parents
Brief | 18 March 2026
Use the field, parents tell their children: the pit toilets at this school are dangerous
Elunyaweni Primary in Ugie in the Eastern Cape has five full pit latrines for 160 learners; nearby ET Thabane Primary has broken classrooms
News | 18 March 2026
Flooding forces Limpopo schools to close
Heavy rains in Vhembe have washed away bridges and damaged roads
By Thembi Siaga and Elmon Tshikhudo
News | 17 March 2026
Rural Eastern Cape children left to hitchhike to school
About 80 learners from the Enon farming community have been without scholar transport this year
Brief | 6 March 2026
Learners stand on bus steps with doors open to get to school
Government-contracted buses are chronically overloaded
Brief | 2 March 2026
Learners at this overcrowded school are being taught outside
“When the rain stops, we wipe our desks and continue with the lesson”
News | 26 February 2026
Labour Court refuses to enforce school principal’s reinstatement
Judge finds no “exceptional circumstances” to justify Wesley Neumann’s immediate return to Heathfield High
News | 24 February 2026
Drivers given 60 days to comply with strict scholar transport rules
Hundreds of operators marched in Johannesburg on Friday against the Gauteng transport department’s new regulations
Brief | 16 February 2026
Battle over former Heathfield principal’s return
Western Cape Education Department argues reinstatement would cause “chaos at the school”
Law | 13 February 2026