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Department of Basic Education

Western Cape denies DBE claims of discriminatory school admissions

POLICY DISPUTE

Western Cape denies DBE claims of discriminatory school admissions

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Devils in the details

CARTOON

Devils in the details

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS

No data, no deadline, no dedicated funding: SA’s blind and deaf children face an ECD crisis

THE EDUCATION DESK

No data, no deadline, no dedicated funding: SA’s blind and deaf children face an ECD crisis

By Velani Ludidi

Two-thirds of public school staff remain unvetted for child abuse as court deadline looms

PROTECTION FROM PREDATORS

Two-thirds of public school staff remain unvetted for child abuse as court deadline looms

By Takudzwa Pongweni

DBE’s guidelines to protect LGBTQI+ pupils still not done after 7 years

WHY ARE WE WAITING?

DBE’s guidelines to protect LGBTQI+ pupils still not done after 7 years

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Millions wasted on rural white elephant schools with no learners

EMPTY CLASSROOMS

Millions wasted on rural white elephant schools with no learners

By Takudzwa Pongweni

School water and sanitation crisis drags on as DBE balks at national deadline

CHILD SAFETY

School water and sanitation crisis drags on as DBE balks at national deadline

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Proposed school history syllabus focuses on Africa as the main story, not a sidebar to Western history

PERSPECTIVES REVISITED

Proposed school history syllabus focuses on Africa as the main story, not a sidebar to Western history

By Sarah Godsell, Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi, Paul Maluleka, Bongani Shabangu and Johan Wasserman

Educational publishers’ dirty textbook tricks revealed to Parliament

CUTTHROAT COMPETITION

Educational publishers’ dirty textbook tricks revealed to Parliament

By Rebecca Davis

The hidden costs of digital learning — how monopolies stunt education in SA

TECH IN EDUCATION (PART 2)

The hidden costs of digital learning — how monopolies stunt education in SA

By Lindsey Schutters

Have your say as draft history curriculum recasts the past through an African lens

HISTORY OVERHAUL

Have your say as draft history curriculum recasts the past through an African lens

By Takudzwa Pongweni

How the education department plans to keep pregnant learners in school

BREAKING THE CYCLE

How the education department plans to keep pregnant learners in school

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Inside the alleged fight against the clean-up at the Department of Basic Education

CORRUPTION COMBAT

Inside the alleged fight against the clean-up at the Department of Basic Education

By Rebecca Davis

I will not let corrupt networks steal the future of 13 million SA children

OPEN LETTER

I will not let corrupt networks steal the future of 13 million SA children

By Siviwe Gwarube

Children go hungry while R336m for early childhood nutrition remains unspent

CRYING SHAME

Children go hungry while R336m for early childhood nutrition remains unspent

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Erin Faure

By Erin Faure

Vaal school transport crash highlights why pupils’ safety cannot only be the right of the privileged

2 February 2026

KZN government condemns anti-migrant violence at Durban’s Addington Primary

SCHOOL PLACEMENT UPROAR

KZN government condemns anti-migrant violence at Durban’s Addington Primary

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Ishrene Davids

By Ishrene Davids

We obsess over matric results, but SA’s education crisis begins long before Grade 12

14 January 2026

Emotional day as unplaced learners, flooding and overcrowding mar first day of school

CAPACITY CRUNCH

Emotional day as unplaced learners, flooding and overcrowding mar first day of school

By Lerato Mutsila, Azwidhowi Mamphiswana, Siyabonga Goni, Kyran Blaauw, Naledi Sikhakhane

Government is not hiding matric pass rate numbers; the critics are just ignoring them

RIGHT OF REPLY

Government is not hiding matric pass rate numbers; the critics are just ignoring them

By Hubert Mathanzima Mweli

Matric 2025 results: All you need to know about release dates, access and next steps

CLASS OF 2025

Matric 2025 results: All you need to know about release dates, access and next steps

By Takudzwa Pongweni