Defend Truth

South Africa needs a national education strategy to tackle the school dropout crisis

Tamsin Metelerkamp
21 Mar

Reading is a social justice issue: Libraries offer simple, affordable tools for literacy development

Zephne Ladbrook and Frouwien Bosman
17 Mar

Hot button concern: Equal Education looks forward to roll out of new mechanism for school infrastructure delivery

Karabo Mafolo
11 Feb

Education, business and policy leaders weigh in on how to tackle SA’s reading crisis

Tamsin Metelerkamp
07 Feb

Revitalising democratic life: The ANC has morphed into a party concerned with power, positions and personal benefits

Raymond Suttner
22 Sep

Urgent call for school dropout prevention plan

Zukiswa Pikoli
31 Aug

Schools off to a difficult start in the wake of vandalism, Covid-19 and taxi violence 

Sandisiwe Shoba
27 Jul

Court orders Basic Education Department to ensure millions of hungry pupils are fed, giving them 30 days to get it done

Zukiswa Pikoli
21 Jul

Court orders education departments to provide learners with daily meals during Covid-19 pandemic

Tania Broughton
21 Jul

A year later and pupils are still going hungry, despite court order to reinstate National School Nutrition Programme

Zukiswa Pikoli
06 Jul

Eastern Cape parents resort to building their own school

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Daniel Steyn
30 Jun

The custodians of tomorrow are being exploited: How corruption affects the youth

Julia Evans
25 Jun

Decolonise the schools: Education is key to transforming South African society, say activists

Zukiswa Pikoli
23 Jun

Time to address the struggles of black learners in private and former white public schools

Faranaaz Veriava
15 Jun

Failure to fix increasing number of pit latrines in Limpopo schools branded ‘outrageous’

Tania Broughton
04 Jun

Researchers call for full reopening of schools after report shows more than half of children miss meals

Marecia Damons
13 May 2021

Equal Education demands release of KZN learner transport policy

Nompendulo Ngubane for GroundUp
23 Apr 2021

Building a social movement is an ‘extreme sport’, so how do you do it?

Christi Nortier
18 Mar 2021

Millions of people in South Africa ‘walk all the way to their destination’

Karabo Mafolo
04 Mar 2021

Equal Education protesters turned back from Parliament

Karabo Mafolo
24 Feb 2021

Social Justice Awards

2Lani & Afritoons
16 Feb 2021