Education

Library services crippled in Nelson Mandela Bay

Some have not reopened since Covid lockdown

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News | 14 March 2024

Library vandalism hits learners hard in Philippi

Brown’s Farm library may be closed for a year

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Brief | 14 March 2024

KZN villagers get new bridges to cross dangerous rivers safely

After pleading with government for years, the Welisizwe Bridge Programme has finally delivered four bridges in eMakhabeleni

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Brief | 12 March 2024

Building of new classrooms at overcrowded Dunoon school stalled

Inkwenkwezi Secondary School has more than 1,500 learners, with an average of 45 learners per class

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Brief | 12 March 2024

Yoliswa Dwane, education activist who condemned John Hlophe, is remembered at UCT event

She “dedicated her life to advancing social justice” but died “too young, too early”

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News | 4 March 2024

Gugulethu school for adults abandoned by government, say residents

St Francis Community Learning Centre has to rely on illegal connection for electricity

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News | 1 March 2024

Education department’s electricity cut off for owing millions of rands

Eastern Cape provincial education department’s offices in Nelson Mandela Bay have been in the dark since December

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Brief | 20 February 2024

Mpumalanga delays building of school for learners with disabilities

School was promised over 10 years ago

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Brief | 13 February 2024

Deputy principal suspended after probe names him in suicide of 12-year-old Gauteng learner

Three other teachers named in report are still at the school

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News | 13 February 2024

R9.7-million spent and three years later, still no bridge

Eastern Cape villagers say Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality has been promising them the bridge for 20 years

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Brief | 12 February 2024

Vigil held in Sea Point for children of Gaza

The events were also to raise money for shoes for South African school children

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Brief | 12 February 2024

Children feel the magic of stories at World Read Aloud Day

Event organised by Nal’ibali and the City of Cape Town

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Brief | 8 February 2024

Cofimvaba scholar transport protest enters third week

The Eastern Cape has increased its scholar transport budget to accommodate a shortfall of 12,000 learners

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News | 6 February 2024

Anger at Panyaza Lesufi for failing to fix Roodepoort school for years

The department committed to replacing the school with a brick-and-mortar structure more than five years ago.

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News | 29 January 2024

Cofimvaba parents protest after scholar transport cancelled

Dozens of learners are unable to get to Sikhoba Nombewu Technical School

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Brief | 26 January 2024

Education department blames transport department for scholar transport fiasco

Hundreds of learners are stuck at home and not in school

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Brief | 24 January 2024