Parents of pregnant students at Fundokuhle Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg are spending the day at the school gates, on orders from the principal.
Ntombi Mbomvu
News | 27 May 2015
Tasks like applying for an ID, opening your first bank account or even learning how to budget from a small allowance may seem trivial to most teenagers transitioning into adulthood. However, for youths leaving child and youth care centres (CYCC) for the first time, there is often no support and guidance on how to deal with these day-to-day challenges.
Barbara Maregele
News | 26 May 2015
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) and Maitland High School have agreed to postpone second term exams following complaints of shortages of text books at the school.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 22 May 2015
About 174 construction workers involved in building schools in the Western Cape have been on an unprotected strike for nearly five weeks. One person died when violence broke out between the strikers, who are members of the National Union of Mineworkers, and security guards.
Nombulelo Damba
Feature | 19 May 2015
Studying at UCT is expensive and many students struggle to pay the fees, though both the university and the state do try to support students. In the fifth and final part of our series on UCT and transformation we look at fees and finances.
GroundUp Staff
Feature | 14 May 2015
Masiphumelele High School students who have been walking and hitchhiking 15 kilometres to get to school will soon have their own transport.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 14 May 2015
A three year long legal battle between the City of Cape Town and the African Brothers Football Academy (ABFA) is coming to a close. On 14 May the academy’s Craig Hepburn will appear in court, charged with failing to comply with the City’s zoning laws.
Elias Kuhn von Burgsdorff
Feature | 13 May 2015
Yesterday about 100 University of South Africa (UNISA) students protested at the main entrance to the Parow premises of the university for about an hour.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 8 May 2015
Mosifane Johannes lost his parents by the time he was 11. He grew up in poverty. Today he teaches at a Free State primary school.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 6 May 2015
Amid all the furore over the removal of the Rhodes statute, a crucial point must be made and reiterated: the Rhodes statue is not merely a symbol for the continued exclusion of black students, it is also the lived experience for many black students -- as the experiences of black students at the UCT Law School shows.
Johan Lorenzen, Thamsanqa Malusi and Kevin Minofu
Opinion | 6 May 2015
The racial composition of lecturers and researchers at UCT is one of the most heated topics of debate when it comes to the university’s transformation. In the fourth article in our series, we report the statistics and arguments concerning transformation of UCT’s academic staff.
GroundUp Staff
Feature | 5 May 2015
Nearly 30 years after taking on the post as principal at his alma mater, South Peninsula High School, Brian Isaacs, says he remains passionate about his work and is determined to see the school excel to new heights. This despite him being embroiled in a number of legal battles and disciplinary hearings.
Barbara Maregele
News | 4 May 2015
Readers of a GroundUp story about a Khayelitsha crèche that was robbed last month have responded generously by donating over R10,000 to the facility.
Barbara Maregele
News | 30 April 2015
More than 800 hundred students gathered today at Ngwenyathi High School in Gwiqi village outside Mdantsane to mourn 13 year old Lutho Felepu who died running for a school bus.
Pharie Sefali
News | 29 April 2015
A 32-year-old Burundian refugee, Furaha (not her real name) has been waiting since 2008 for her refugee identity document.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 29 April 2015
About 40 Mfuleni parents closed down the New Parliament Street Primary School on Tuesday, demanding that the principal leave the school and withdraw their children.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 29 April 2015