SAFETY FIRST KZN emergency guidelines for schools aim to safeguard students against climate threats 5 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
BLACKBOARD JUNGLE Court orders ex-teacher to pay maintenance for child he fathered with schoolgirl 6 min 4 By Takudzwa Pongweni
AMABHUNGANE Beleaguered IDT paid R33m to company belonging to CEO Tebogo Malaka’s family member 6 min 11 By Azarrah Karrim
CHILD SAFETY Gauteng education department cuts ties with Nal’iBali after alleged child sexual assault 4 min 4 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CLASSROOM TERROR Havens of havoc — the alarming rise of violence in South African schools 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
EDUCATION BREAKDOWN Delayed school construction puts Gauteng schooling system under rising stress 5 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
EXTREME WEATHER Twenty-four KwaZulu-Natal schools damaged after severe floods disrupt learning and destroy infrastructure 4 min 1 By Siyabonga Goni
UNDER PRESSURE Urgent need for change: Gauteng's schools face persistent overcrowding and teacher exodus 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
STORM DISRUPTION ANALYSIS The struggle of South African schools against extreme weather 4 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
BACK TO SCHOOL First day of school: emotions, challenges, and a new era of learning begin 12 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo, Siyabonga Goni, Kristin Engel and Nkululeko Ndlovu
CLASSROOM CONUNDRUMS Only one state school built in 2024 – DBE's alarming infrastructure performance revealed 7 min 14 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CLASS COMPARISON Do independent schools really outperform public schools? It’s a matter of perspective 4 min 9 By Mark Potterton and Mduduzi Qwabe
JOBURG BLAZE Court orders Gauteng Education Department to place 65 pupils in school after Usindiso fire 2 min 0 By Michelle Banda
EDUCATION Basic Education Minister confirms Bela Act ‘essentially’ ready for implementation – except clauses 4 & 5 3 min 0 By Lisakanya Venna
EDUCATION CRISIS Minister Siviwe Gwarube looks to February Budget to avert basic education funding crisis 5 min 1 By Lisakanya Venna and Siyabonga Goni
EXTORTION SCOURGE Police shoot dead Mthatha ‘traditional leader’ implicated in school extortion scheme 3 min 28 By Estelle Ellis
EDUCATION RED FLAGS ‘The system is going to collapse’ – Union warns Western Cape over plans to slash 2,400 teaching posts 5 min 5 By Lisakanya Venna and Siyabonga Goni
BASIC EDUCATION South Africa’s youngest Cabinet minister, Siviwe Gwarube, to tackle a myriad challenges 5 min 7 By Velani Ludidi
SEMIGRATION DIARIES Natural-born class acts — why small-town schools punch above their weight 7 min 5 By Julienne Du Toit
LEARNING CURVES Not all school governing bodies are created equal and schools suffer 10 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
