Education
Cameras in school: teachers who walked out are back
Parents of learners at Umkhumbane Secondary School block the school, called for the teachers to be fired
Brief | 9 June 2026
Belhar residents demand halt to housing project
The community of Pentech say they instead want a school built on the land
News | 5 June 2026
Learners at this Limpopo school go hungry on rainy days
Meals are cooked outside at Boxahuku Primary in Vhembe East because the kitchen can no longer be used due to the stench from the school toilets
Brief | 1 June 2026
Eastern Cape scholar transport operators on strike over unpaid wages
Transport department says it’s working overtime to fast track “legitimate outstanding invoices”, but learners are missing school
Brief | 29 May 2026
The workers who feed nine million school children - and earn just R2,300 a month
The state is using the public works programme to avoid paying them the national minimum wage
News | 27 May 2026
Cameras in school: MEC promises to abide by court ruling
Parents of learners at KwaZulu-Natal school demand more action
News | 26 May 2026
Elim school building was declared unsafe almost five years ago – learners are still in it
“What if the ceiling or pillars collapse?” asks grade 11 learner
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 21 May 2026
Schools built by Eastern Cape families in the 1980s have been left to ruin
All the parents asked is that the state maintain and upgrade the schools
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Feature | 19 May 2026
Schools left in darkness as municipal bills mount
Gauteng education department says schools must pay for electricity themselves
Brief | 12 May 2026