Education
Robertson parents vow to close down school
They are calling for the Education Department to provide transport for their children.
News | 21 January 2016
Echoes of 1998 in the student protests
Time for a new economic policy
By Terry Bell
Opinion | 20 January 2016
Teachers plea with parents: Register your children earlier
But for many students this is easier said than done.
News | 15 January 2016
How much do university students have to pay at registration?
Nationwide demonstrations at universities look set to begin again following protests today at the University of Johannesburg, Wits and Unisa, as the registration period began.
News | 11 January 2016
What do the matric results mean?
Equal Education researchers explain what's promising, and what isn't.
By Yeukai Mukorombindo and Gabriel Nahmias
Analysis | 8 January 2016
Joy and agony as students get their matric results
Most students at Belgravia, Thandokhulu and Athlone high schools were thrilled with their results. In Masiphumelele students were relieved after a tough year.
By Barbara Maregele and Thembela Ntongana
News | 6 January 2016
The Rwandan student who hung on to her dream
Alice Wamundiya comes from a background where the importance of education is emphasised. When she settled in South Africa after her family fled the Rwandan genocide, she decided to help other refugees and asylum-seekers with their education.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 December 2015
Students in state scheme get certificates for courses they didn’t complete
The National Rural Youth Service Corps (Narysec), set up to train unemployed young people in rural areas, seems to be in disarray in the Eastern Cape, where some students have given up hope of graduating while others say they have been given certificates for courses they did not complete.
Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and GroundUp staff
Feature | 8 December 2015
“My son will graduate because of the money from the waste pickers”
It may not seem like much to others, but the money she makes from selling food to waste pickers at the New England Road dumpsite in Pietermaritzburg has allowed 45-year-old Gugu Yengwa to pay for her son’s education at the University of KwaZulu Natal.
Ntombi Mbomvu
News | 4 December 2015