Education
Pit toilets: Eastern Cape parents take matters into their own hands
Parents at Good Hope Primary in Cofimvaba are building their own toilets
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 21 April 2026
In photos: School fire leaves hundreds of learners without classrooms
It was the second fire in a year at Riverlea Secondary School
Photo Essay | 8 April 2026
Ekurhuleni learners wade through sewage to get to class
OR Tambo Secondary School lacks classrooms and desks and now there’s a sewage problem
By Seth Thorne
News | 8 April 2026
In photos: Mbombela’s much loved public libraries
Libraries are not only about books any more
By Maru Attwood
Photo Essay | 27 March 2026
R198-million school for the blind incomplete and left to ruin
Multiple deadlines have been missed
By Thembi Siaga
News | 26 March 2026
Meet the moms making maths fun
MathMoms trains women on the Cape Flats to teach children maths
Brief | 24 March 2026
Parents stop classes at broken-down KwaZulu-Natal school
Babanango Primary School has been closed since Monday due to protests by parents
Brief | 18 March 2026
Use the field, parents tell their children: the pit toilets at this school are dangerous
Elunyaweni Primary in Ugie in the Eastern Cape has five full pit latrines for 160 learners; nearby ET Thabane Primary has broken classrooms
News | 18 March 2026
Flooding forces Limpopo schools to close
Heavy rains in Vhembe have washed away bridges and damaged roads
By Thembi Siaga and Elmon Tshikhudo
News | 17 March 2026