LEARNING CURVEBALL Financial crisis looms for quintile 5 schools in Gauteng after subsidies are cut 6 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
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
DISCONNECTIONS THREAT Gauteng schools face utility crisis as department transfers debt burden amid funding shortfalls 4 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CHILD SAFETY Gauteng education department cuts ties with Nal’iBali after alleged child sexual assault 4 min 4 By Takudzwa Pongweni
UNDER PRESSURE Urgent need for change: Gauteng's schools face persistent overcrowding and teacher exodus 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
RACE RUCKUS Judge slams Mbeki and Education Department over Pretoria High School for Girls ‘racism’ row 7 min 23 By Takudzwa Pongweni
ONGOING SAGA Pretoria girls' school governing body launches legal battle against education department over racism claims 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CONTAMINATION ALERT Gauteng Health department issues urgent warning after huge spike in child food poisoning cases 6 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
INNER-CITY BLAZE AFTERMATH Young survivors of Usindiso fire still unplaced in schools — despite government commitments 4 min 0 By Michelle Banda
MENTAL HEALTH Gauteng Education Department launches ‘action plan’ after increase in learner suicides 5 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
HAIRSTYLE ABUSE BACKLASH Crowthorne Christian Academy silent while second family seeks Gauteng education department help 2 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FIRED SA Council for Educators investigates racist incident at Pretoria college 2 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu
AMABHUNGANE Delinquent departments fail ‘disposable’ Phoenix Secondary School in Gauteng 11 min 2 By Magnificent Mndebele
GROUNDUP Kingpin behind failed Soweto sports centre has fingers in several Lottery pies 8 min 11 By Raymond Joseph and Masego Mafata
XENOPHOBIA Operation Dudula threat to remove migrant children from schools sparks warning from activists 4 min 9 By Takudzwa Pongweni
DIRTY BUSINESS Gauteng schools’ R431m sanitising contracts: Special Tribunal orders companies to pay back profits 3 min 0 By Julia Evans
GROUNDUP Schools urged to provide food parcels for pupils missing out on meals at home 4 min 0 By Julia Evans
CORONAVIRUS WEEKLY DIGEST #33 South Africa expands roll-out, SIU freezes assets of decontamination companies and Olympians get a Covid jab 4 min 0 By Christi Nortier