Education
Department promises new school after protest by fed-up learners
Plans for new buildings for Eyabantu Senior Secondary School are underway, says spokesperson
Brief | 4 August 2022
Education department misses court deadline to pay educators
Eastern Cape education department has now promised to pay staff at a Makhanda school by the end of August
News | 2 August 2022
Horses work “magic” for children with disabilities
The South African Riding for the Disabled Association runs free lessons for 50 children a week near Durban
Brief | 1 August 2022
Teachers and learners at this school use a field as a toilet
Fort Beaufort school has 570 learners and 15 teachers and toilets don’t work
Brief | 21 July 2022
Learners protest against “drastic and unacceptable” changes to school infrastructure law
Equal Education members demand Eastern Cape education MEC intervene
Brief | 14 July 2022
UCT Jagger Library insurance payout delayed for over a year
Funds needed to rebuild the library after the 2021 fire are still not secured
By Daniel Steyn
News | 13 July 2022
Learners picket against government scrapping deadlines to fix schools
Department says learners’ memo will be considered along with other public comments on its proposed amendments
Text and Photos by Magnificent Mndebele
News | 8 July 2022
Video: Making fun books for children in their mother-tongue
“It’s not that children don’t like to read. It’s that they haven’t found the right book yet” says Tina Akuoko of Ethnikids.
Video | 8 July 2022
School site abandoned as contractor accuses education department of failing to pay
Meanwhile learners at Eyabantu Senior Secondary school in Fort Beaufort are crammed into tiny temporary classrooms
News | 7 July 2022