OP-ED Covid-19 and the right to basic education: The SA Human Rights Commission’s position 5 min 0 By André Gaum, Kenneth Sithebe and Sifiso Tembani
Covid-19 and Education All contact sport in schools suspended with immediate effect 3 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
GROUNDUP Researchers call for full reopening of schools after report shows more than half of children miss meals 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
MAVERICK CITIZEN Dangerous, unhygienic pit latrines in Limpopo schools ‘must be eradicated sooner rather than later’ 3 min 2 By Karabo Mafolo
GROUNDUP Education department’s late release of vital software leaves schools’ admin in chaos 3 min 0 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
RIGHT TO SUFFICIENT NUTRITION Good for hunger, bad for health? Spaza shops and food vendors proliferate outside schools 4 min 0 By Michelle Banda
ANALYSIS The metrics of matric: How the Class of 2020 actually fared, province by province 10 min 2 By Nicky Roberts
WORKING FOR NOTHING Two Eastern Cape teachers ‘stressed out and sick’ because they haven’t been paid since 2019 5 min 0 By Karabo Mafolo
OP-ED Leveraging off Covid-19 – there could be a silver lining for education 8 min 0 By Riyaadh Ebrahim and Sipumelele Lucwaba
COVID-19: NEWSFLASH Start of 2021 school year delayed: ‘The priority remains saving lives’ 2 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
ACADEMIC CALENDAR Schools will reopen on 27 January, as planned, says Department of Basic Education 2 min 0 By Suné Payne
2020 IN REVIEW: EDUCATION Hard lessons: How schools took a Covid-19 battering 3 min 0 By Unknown Author
Op-Ed SA’s shame: Over 3,000 schools with pit latrines – almost 500 in Limpopo alone 3 min 0 By Tebogo Tsesane and Sibongile Teffo
WORLD TOILET DAY Sustainable school sanitation: We need more than quick fixes and empty promises 6 min 0 By Julia Chaskalson and Boitumelo Masipa
CORONAVIRUS WEEKLY DIGEST #10 Eastern Cape under the Covid-19 gun as SA borders open for tourism and bottle stores stay open over weekends 3 min 0 By Shani Reddy
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed Mboweni’s budget cuts are undermining the right to basic education 5 min 0 By Jane Bornman, Hopolang Selebalo and the Education Working Group of the C-19 People’s Coalition
Maverick Citizen Op-ed Contingency plans are needed so children can keep learning without going hungry 5 min 0 By Faranaaz Veriava and Sasha Stevenson
OP-ED These matric exams are unfair: Listen to us, the students 6 min 0 By Jayden Matthews, Taahirah Hoosain and Sinolutho Silevu with Ashley Visagie
