EDUCATION REFORM AfriForum and Solidarity to challenge full implementation of Bela Act in court 8 min 6 By Takudzwa Pongweni
UNSAFE SANITATION Eastern Cape Education Department on the cusp of eradicating school pit latrines – finally 3 min 10 By Estelle Ellis
CLASS OF 2024 After Covid-19 and now budget cuts, Western Cape matrics achieve highest pass rates yet 4 min 2 By Suné Payne
CLASS OF 2024 SA matrics shine with highest national pass rate yet of 87.3% 6 min 50 By Takudzwa Pongweni
'STARS OF SOUTH AFRICA' ‘This feels unreal’: SA’s top matriculants celebrated for resilience and defying the odds 7 min 4 By Lerato Mutsila
DATA LEAK Hawks, State Security roped in to probe possible breach of 2024 matric results 2 min 15 By Lerato Mutsila
POLITICAL DIARY The week ahead in SA politics — let them eat yachts, release of matric results and ANC's disbanding dance 3 min 7 By Ferial Haffajee
EDUCATION REFORM Legal teams on standby as Ramaphosa hands over Bela Act implementation to Gwarube 6 min 4 By Kristin Engel
EDUCATION REFORM Bela Act report is with Ramaphosa, says Mashatile, as consultation deadline arrives 5 min 18 By Victoria O’Regan
ANALYSIS Despite calls for Ramaphosa to remove Gwarube, coalition reshuffles could be rare 5 min 5 By Stephen Grootes
UNSAFE SANITATION Eradicating pit toilets, one click at a time – Gwarube launches Safe Schools App 6 min 8 By Takudzwa Pongweni
EDUCATION REFORM Gwarube’s Nedlac Bela Act deal moot while consultations continue, insist Ramaphosa, Mashatile 6 min 5 By Takudzwa Pongweni
BASIC EDUCATION Gwarube sets bold deadline for school pit toilet eradication, but progress is sluggish 7 min 2 By Takudzwa Pongweni
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
SELECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OP-ED The (mostly) unacknowledged commitment of public teachers and health workers (Part 2) 7 min 1 By Jeff Rudin
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR Young people have been seriously let down — nobody chooses a life where you have to ask for a handout, says Minister Gwarube 4 min 16 By Lisakanya Venna
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
SCHOOLING CRISIS Education budget cuts — Gwarube targets graft, SOE bailouts, seeks urgent finance minister meeting 3 min 3 By Lisakanya Venna
EDUCATION PROTEST Minister narrowly escapes being in Cyril’s firing line over contentious bill 3 min 39 By Queenin Masuabi
EDUCATION REFORM Ramaphosa signs Bela Bill into law, but presses pause on two controversial clauses for three months 5 min 10 By Victoria O’Regan
