Education
Teachers demand KZN education department pay them, fill vacant posts
SADTU: “As we speak more than 1,203 substitute teachers have either not been paid or told not to come back to school”
Brief | 18 August 2021
Durban parents demand schools close after learner dies of Covid
Protest follows death of 12-year-old Kaitlyn Pillay. Education expert warns of “dire” cost to children of closing schools.
News | 17 August 2021
Mother without ID struggles for years to enrol children at school
The departments of Home Affairs and Social Development are currently helping the Kuilsriver family
News | 12 August 2021
Rural families battle to get water although they live near a dam
“How unfair is that? It’s a joke,” says resident
News | 6 August 2021
July riots caused more than R100 million in damage to schools in KZN and Gauteng
Education department says this worsened its backlog on repairing over a thousand schools vandalised during lockdown
News | 4 August 2021
Covid-19: Unions should push harder for teachers to get vaccinated
It’s almost never a reasonable choice to not get vaccinated
GroundView | 26 July 2021
Court fines former Eastern Cape principal R4,000 for lowering learner into pit toilet
Lubeko Mgandela pleaded guilty to a charge of child abuse in the Tsolo Magistrates Court on Wednesday
Brief | 22 July 2021
Learners must get meals during Covid-19 pandemic, court orders
Minister and MECs to provide detailed plans within a month
News | 21 July 2021
This school for children with special needs was stripped bare by looters. Now the learners won’t even get meals
Golden Steps school in KwaZulu-Natal will not be able to re-open after the break
News | 21 July 2021