Education

School governing body members accuse Mohlakeng principal of maladministration

Corruption Watch is investigating the claims

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News | 2 June 2017

Dilapidated shack is a day care centre for children

Parents in Isilatsha Village near East London hope for a good Samaritan

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News | 25 May 2017

Students protest against rape culture

Rush hour traffic stopped on Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg

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News | 25 May 2017

Cape Town students and teachers address diversity

Programme teaches inclusivity whether gay, lesbian, transgender, black, white, brown, girl, boy, from the city or the country, says activist founder

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News | 24 May 2017

“No-fee” school charges parents R207 a year

Crisis brewing: evidence suggests the problem is widespread

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News | 18 May 2017

Port Elizabeth parents shut down school in anger at education department

With a teacher-learner ratio of over 40 to 1, they accuse government of failing to listen to their requests for three additional teachers

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Brief | 12 May 2017

Parents defend school from protesters

“We are fighting for development but we don’t want our infrastructure to be demolished by those with criminal intentions.”

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News | 11 May 2017

What does it take to get the Eastern Cape Department of Education to fix a school?

Nearly three years later, a school damaged in a storm remains broken

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News | 11 May 2017

Gauteng learners demand replacement of asbestos buildings

29 schools constructed of asbestos were supposed to be fixed by November 2016

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News | 5 May 2017

Over 1,000 learners shut down PE school

Students accuse education department of failing to respond to their grievances

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Brief | 5 May 2017

Parents burn tyres as they demand registration of school

“We tried to do things in the proper way, but nothing happened”

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News | 4 May 2017

No respect for learners in farm schools

Fate of historic Grootkraal school hangs in the balance

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Opinion | 4 May 2017

The school where children kneel on the floor and use chairs as desks

I would love to have my own desk, says grade one learner

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News | 4 May 2017

Systemic “failure in Eastern Cape education”

Thousands march to education department in King William’s Town on Freedom Day

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News | 28 April 2017

The case for public school partnerships

“If we can’t find ways to make public schools as attractive as private schools, they will become increasingly stigmatised as places where only poor kids go.”

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Opinion | 24 April 2017

The no-fee school where parents were forced to pay fees

Long history of corruption at primary school in Gauteng

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News | 24 April 2017