Education
Activists welcome release of scholar transport policy in KZN
Learners with disabilities attending public schools are included
Brief | 1 September 2021
Parents demand more classrooms so learners can return to school full time
The rural school in Limpopo only has two brick classrooms, five mobile classrooms and a zinc sheet classroom for 353 learners
Brief | 27 August 2021
Crucial services lost because of library vandals
Several libraries in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro were unable to reopen in August even for a limited service
Brief | 25 August 2021
Over 20 learners injured as taxi crashes into barrier at Parliament
It is alleged that the taxi was overcrowded and the driver and vehicle were unlicensed
News | 20 August 2021
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