Education
Learners pay R150 to fill water tanks at overcrowded, dilapidated Limpopo school
There are two boreholes at Kutsakeni Primary, but staff say they dried up in 2021
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 14 November 2024
KwaZulu-Natal education department fails to pay crèches
The department confirmed there is a grant backlog but declined to give details
News | 13 November 2024
These matriculants have been waiting for their matric certificates for three years
The education department says there’s only one SETA official assisting all nine provinces
Brief | 13 November 2024
How people in Namaqualand are keeping the Nama language alive
A radio station and a school teaching Nama hope to stop the language from going extinct
Photo Essay | 12 November 2024
“Construction mafia” accused of delaying building of Joburg school
Parents want the reconstruction of Nancefield Primary School investigated
News | 1 November 2024
Parents threaten to shut down crumbling Limpopo school
The School Governing Body has been battling since 2011 to get the buildings fixed
By Thembi Siaga
News | 31 October 2024
Teacher posts: Western Cape education department quizzed in Parliament
“We’re not retrenching teachers. We’re reducing posts,” says WCED head
By Tori Newby
Brief | 29 October 2024
Next week’s budget: posts for teachers in the spotlight
Some provinces hope for funding for teachers, others are less optimistic
By Tori Newby
News | 25 October 2024
Six-year-old rescued from pit toilet in Eastern Cape school
At Mampondo Primary School, 135 learners and eight staff members share two pit toilets
By Yamkela Ntshongwana and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Brief | 17 October 2024