MEMOIR EXTRACT DA daggers drawn — James Selfe relives brutal battles with Helen Zille 18 min 15 By James Selfe
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Capetonians march for safety in schools after Matatiele rape of girl (7) 5 min 3 By Siyabonga Goni
CLASS OF 2024 After Covid-19 and now budget cuts, Western Cape matrics achieve highest pass rates yet 4 min 2 By Suné Payne
SCHOOL FUNDING CRISIS Teachers stand to lose posts as SA’s provincial education departments face budget shortfall of billions of rands 8 min 8 By Lisakhanya Venna, Naledi Sikhakhane and Ed Stoddard
EDUCATION CRISIS ‘Our children deserve better’ – Opposition parties decry Western Cape’s plan to cut 2,400 teacher posts 3 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
EDUCATION CRISIS Call to action against Western Cape teacher job cuts, while MEC Maynier says situation is ‘critical’ 4 min 8 By Lisakanya Venna
EDUCATION RED FLAGS ‘The system is going to collapse’ – Union warns Western Cape over plans to slash 2,400 teaching posts 5 min 5 By Lisakanya Venna and Siyabonga Goni
UNPLACED LEARNERS Western Cape government says legal action unnecessary, all learners finally placed in schools 4 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
RIGHT OF REPLY Do your homework before making false claims of a Western Cape education fiasco 5 min 7 By David Maynier
EDUCATION Load shedding could adversely affect computer-related matric exams, say authorities 5 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu
TRANSPORT STRIFE AFTERMATH School catch up begins after forced absenteeism - over 70% in one day - during Western Cape taxi strike 3 min 0 By Suné Payne and Chuma Nontsele
PROTEST DAY 5 Taxi strike impact — Matric learners threatened at rank, almost half a million blocked from Western Cape schools 6 min 4 By Chuma Nontsele and Samane Jnr Marks
SAFE EDUCATION PROGRAMME Western Cape MEC commits to gradually beefing up safety and security measures in schools 3 min 0 By Chuma Nontsele and Samane Jnr Marks
SMASH TRAGEDY Sixth child dies six weeks after horrific Mitchells Plain scholar transport crash 3 min 0 By Velani Ludidi
SCHOLAR TRANSPORT CRASH ‘Unimaginable tragedy’ as five pre-teen learners killed in horror smash in Cape Town 4 min 8 By Velani Ludidi
TECH HEADACHE Western Cape faces a ‘mammoth administrative challenge’ with almost 166,000 school applications for 2024 3 min 1 By Velani Ludidi
VIOLENT EDUCATION Cape Town learner attacked with ‘brick, knuckle dusters and a piece of wood’ by fellow pupils 4 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
GROUNDUP High court slaps Codeta taxi firm with interdict barring interference with Khayelitsha school transport 3 min 6 By Tariro Washinyira
PUPILS AS PAWNS Taxi drivers prevent more than 1,800 Cape Town learners from going to school 4 min 1 By Velani Ludidi
PUPILS AS PAWNS Cape Town learners stranded by ‘taxi mafia’ blocking scholar transport 6 min 8 By Velani Ludidi
