EDUCATION CRISIS Gauteng parents speak out on frequent school closures as water outages disrupt learning 8 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CLASS STRUGGLE Gauteng’s R68bn education budget is insufficient to address key issues, warn experts 5 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
MIGRANT RIGHTS OP-ED Reckoning with Operation Dudula — a visceral moment in SA we cannot afford to meet with silence 4 min 2 By Zoë Postman
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Education in ruins: Gaza's children face dire consequences of ongoing conflict and neglect 5 min 1 By Siyabonga Goni
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — 31 March to 5 MARCH Yoliswa Dwane Memorial Lecture, protest against offshore drilling and unpacking land expropriation 4 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
CLASSROOM CRISIS OP-ED Poor infrastructure imperils KZN pupils’ right to education amid climate catastrophes 4 min 0 By Mudau Benni Avhatakali
UNSAFE SANITATION Minister of Basic Education admits failing to meet the deadline to eradicate pit toilets at SA schools 8 min 6 By Takudzwa Pongweni and Siyabonga Goni
PIT LATRINES OP-ED Beyond urgent targets – safe, healthy school toilets need proper maintenance 6 min 0 By Mary Metcalfe
BUDGET 2025 ‘Down with austerity,’ say SA trade unions and civil society organisations before Budget Speech 6 min 2 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
MISSED TARGETS Fifteen years after the launch of Schooling 2025 Vision, school infrastructure promises remain unfulfilled 5 min 0 By Kgaogelo Matlatle and Mbali Twala
JOBURG BLAZE Court orders Gauteng Education Department to place 65 pupils in school after Usindiso fire 2 min 0 By Michelle Banda
BASIC EDUCATION Gwarube sets bold deadline for school pit toilet eradication, but progress is sluggish 7 min 2 By Takudzwa Pongweni
SCHOOL EQUALITY OP-ED Equal education doesn’t have to mean government employs all teachers 6 min 0 By David Harrison
FUNDING CRUNCH Basic education budget cuts ‘exacerbate inequalities and undermine right to education’ – civil society groups 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane and Lisakanya Venna
SANITATION CRISIS New MPs in drive to fast-track overdue eradication of dangerous school toilets 3 min 2 By Lisakanya Venna
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS OP-ED Learners don’t have vote, but have a powerful voice — ‘prioritise education and ECD’ 5 min 0 By Tatiana Kazim, Mikhaila Steenkamp and Mahfouz Raffee
UNPLACED LEARNERS Western Cape government says legal action unnecessary, all learners finally placed in schools 4 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 6 MAY — 10 MAY This week — Artfluence Human Rights Festival, unused public land debate and Equal Education march 5 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH: 26 FEBRUARY-1 MARCH This week — Corporal punishment, evictions into homelessness and the Yoliswa Dwane Public Lecture 4 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
RIGHT OF REPLY Do your homework before making false claims of a Western Cape education fiasco 5 min 7 By David Maynier
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS Civil society gives Ramaphosa Sona resounding thumbs-down 8 min 5 By Takudzwa Pongweni
