EARLY LEARNING Treasury’s decision not to allocate extra funding imperils compulsory Grade R roll-out 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
EDUCATION BUDGET OP-ED Bela Act makes Grade R compulsory, but where is the money? 4 min 0 By Katherine Sutherland and Daniel Peter Al-Naddaf
BUILDING FIRE AFTERMATH Young survivors of the Usindiso inferno unplaced in schools — 17 months later 4 min 0 By Michelle Banda
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — 7-13 OCTOBER This week in civil society — Unpacking extractivism and human rights, and the Arthur Chaskalson Memorial Lecture. 5 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
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
HELL AFFAIRS OP-ED SA’s new white paper on migration doesn’t quite hold up against international human rights 5 min 4 By Anjuli Leila Maistry and Daniel Peter Al-Naddaf
CHILD RIGHTS OP-ED Groundswell of opposition needed to end corporal punishment in schools 4 min 4 By Anjuli Leila Maistry and Daniel Peter Al-Naddaf
EQUAL EDUCATION OP-ED Legacy of apartheid still haunts pupils fighting for a decent education in South Africa, 30 years later 4 min 14 By Yolisa Piliso
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT OP-ED ‘Inclusion means actual inclusion’ — ending the marginalisation of young children with disabilities 4 min 0 By Tatiana Kazim and Robyn Beere
SCHOOL MEALS CRISIS KZN schools send hungry pupils home as National School Nutrition Programme fails to deliver 3 min 1 By Lungi Langa
LESSONS IN LAW ‘Crumbling’ education landscape prompts ‘Basic Education Rights Handbook’ update 3 min 0 By Karin Schimke
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 25-29 JULY This week – a social compact seminar, World Hepatitis Day and talk on special needs housing policy 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
EQUAL EDUCATION OP-ED Education department’s proposed watering down of infrastructure law is bad news for schools 4 min 0 By Elizabeth Biney, Tarryn Cooper-Bell and Kimberley Khumalo
GROUNDUP Deadline for public to comment on education minimum norms and standards extended 2 min 0 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Learners protest education department proposal to end deadlines to fix schools 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Equal Education demands release of KZN learner transport policy 2 min 0 By Nompendulo Ngubane for GroundUp
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Plea for extension: Most workers in early childhood development will not benefit from government relief fund 6 min 0 By Astrid Coombes and Yusrah Ehrenreich
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed Schools reopen: Learners with disabilities left behind again 4 min 0 By Robyn Beere and Anjuli Maistry
