ROAD SAFETY How the daily commute for thousands of schoolchildren has become a gamble with death 9 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
SCHOOL PLACEMENT UPROAR KZN government condemns anti-migrant violence at Durban’s Addington Primary 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
CAPACITY CRUNCH Emotional day as unplaced learners, flooding and overcrowding mar first day of school 9 min 1 By Lerato Mutsila, Azwidhowi Mamphiswana, Siyabonga Goni, Kyran Blaauw, Naledi Sikhakhane
UNDER PRESSURE Policy meets economic reality in Johannesburg’s inner-city schools 4 min 0 By Mark Potterton
BILINGUAL EDUCATION If unfixed, new school language policy could derail SA’s literacy 6 min 3 By Sakhile Dube
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY KZN’s destitute schools sound the alarm after National Lotteries Commission defaults on funding 5 min 2 By Naledi Sikhakhane
BASIC EDUCATION SA leads SADC in literacy and numeracy, but faces persistent learning challenges 5 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
ISS TODAY Violent school bullying a reflection of SA’s broken society 4 min 0 By Thandi van Heyningen
PUPIL SAFETY Empowering learners by addressing the root causes of violence in SA schools 7 min 0 By Emihle Tima, Makanatsa Ziyambi and Yolisa Piliso
LEARNING CURVEBALL Financial crisis looms for quintile 5 schools in Gauteng after subsidies are cut 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
GROUNDUP Ten years after Komape tragedy, many Limpopo schools are still using pit toilets 8 min 0 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT Fewer babies, slower growth and the implications of declining fertility rates worldwide 5 min 5 By Dominique Olivier
'ALL SYSTEMS GO' Nearly 900,000 candidates set for 2025 NSC exams as education department declares system ready 5 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CAMPUS CHAOS University of Free State students arrested as backlash over registration policy brings classes to standstill 5 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
IN THE CROSSFIRE Parents take out their rage on hapless teachers at the front line of societal breakdown 4 min 0 By Mark Potterton
CALL TO ACTION University of Fort Hare campuses close amid arson and protests as students call for VC's resignation 5 min 1 By Siyabonga Goni
TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING OP-ED Open letter to Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube on Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education 3 min 0 By Bua-lit Collective
EDUCATION CRISIS Gauteng parents speak out on frequent school closures as water outages disrupt learning 8 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right 3 min 0 By Daily Maverick
OP-ED We need to rethink how to fund education in the age of unemployment and student debt 6 min 1 By Robert Balfour
