Education
Explainer: BELA and its controversies
We unpick the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act that rocked the Government of National Unity
By Paula Ensor
Explainer | 4 February 2025
New Cape Town crèche is being built from tyres
Goal50 in Heideveld will be made from 5,000 tyres and other recycled waste
Photo Essay | 3 February 2025
Children walk over an hour and wade across a river to get to Fort Beaufort school
The bridge to Oakdene Primary washed away about 15 years ago
Brief | 3 February 2025
Western Cape schools feel the squeeze after cuts in teacher posts
Teachers and principals tell GroundUp how their schools are coping
News | 31 January 2025
Night studies pay off for Dunoon matriculant
Sange Dastile studied in the early morning in the one-room house he shares with his mother and brother. Now he’s off to Stellenbosch University to study medicine.
News | 29 January 2025
Learners sit on the floor at this old and overcrowded Ekurhuleni school
Erasmus Monareng Secondary has dilapidated classrooms and is short-staffed
News | 28 January 2025
Here’s what’s happening with Johannesburg’s libraries
Some have been closed for years but dates have been set to re-open a few of them
Brief | 24 January 2025
New school for blind learners delayed
The school is one of only six in Limpopo catering to visually impaired and blind learners
By Thembi Siaga
News | 23 January 2025
Another school year starts with 90 learners to a classroom in Limpopo
Renaissance and Musina High grade 8 classes are bursting due to inaction by government
Brief | 22 January 2025