Education
City of Cape Town ends mobile library service after 60 years
Elderly and disabled clients advised to use community libraries
News | 29 January 2021
Teachers are the unsung heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic
Extra hours, extra classes, WhatsApp calls into the night: it’s the teachers who listened and nurtured and cared
Opinion | 19 January 2021
Covid-19: School opening delayed
Learners to return on 15 February but teachers will go back earlier
Brief | 15 January 2021
Corporal punishment: Two mothers take teachers’ organisation to court
Teachers who admitted to beatings receive “shockingly lenient” sentences
Law | 13 January 2021
Solar-powered computer lab opens up new opportunities for students
Lab set up in a container in Barrydale
Brief | 15 December 2020
Covid-19: learners risk a double blow as literacy projects struggle
Shifting donor priorities put library initiative at risk
News | 14 December 2020
Students threaten to close Nelson Mandela University
Students say they have not received National Student Financial Aid Scheme allowances
Brief | 3 December 2020
Covid-19: Night vigil in support of principal who refused to open his school
Wesley Neumann’s disciplinary hearing starts
News | 3 December 2020
“It’s fair to conclude that we do not have what is called a school” says principal
Department of Basic Education will miss its deadline for minimum standards in schools yet again
News | 27 November 2020