Education
Veld fire causes Rhodes University to evacuate residences
Blaze brought under control and no damage to buildings
Brief | 24 July 2019
Parents shut down primary school in Imbali over fees
“Where did the money we paid go?” asks angry parent
Brief | 23 July 2019
Villagers close rotting school in Eastern Cape
“Our school gets annual maintenance budget but it is very useless to maintain rotten material”
Brief | 22 July 2019
Learners sing for new bridge to cross treacherous river to school
Scholars from Solomon Mahlangu High and Aston Gontshi Primary protested on Friday
Brief | 19 July 2019
Dangerous and full pit latrines replaced at Khokhwane Primary
Gift of the Givers has built eight new toilets at the school
Brief | 19 July 2019
Community wins 20 year battle for school
Case goes to the heart of the fundamental rights of access to basic education guaranteed by the Constitution, says judge
Law | 18 July 2019
Parents protest after school hit by spate of robberies
Education MEC laments increasing burglaries in Western Cape schools
By Velani Ludidi and GroundUp Staff
News | 16 July 2019
Parents lock principal up in primary school
“We want each classroom to have 30 kids like in white schools” says community leader
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 July 2019
Mother’s daily battle to get her four children to school 40km away
“I want my children to get an education and not end up as waste pickers like myself,” says Zodwa Malatji
News | 9 July 2019