Education
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
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
By Daneel Knoetze and Adriaan Cartuyvels
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
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
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
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
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
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
Feature | 3 June 2025
KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèches
At least 275 centres have faced issues with late subsidy payments
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 27 May 2025