Companies pay big price for overcharging for sanitizers
Two companies responsible for supplying the South African Police Service (SAPS) with hand sanitizers have been slapped with a R3.5-million fine by the Competition... Read more.
Candidates should be fully vetted before they are employed in schools
Education and health advocacy organisation Section 27 has urged education officials and school governing bodies to vet candidates before they are employed in schools... Read more.
Women who cook for millions of pupils share their pain
Volunteer cooks have decried the horrible conditions under which they work at Gauteng schools where they prepare meals for pupils as part of the education department’s... Read more.
Something is stinking in our education system
“Sisuzile” and “Sivuzile” became the new names the DA gave to the dilapidated Sizuzile Primary School in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, this week. The official opposition,... Read more.
Hlobo breaks UJ school’s glass ceiling
A University of Johannesburg (UJ) academic and chartered accountant made history on Wednesday when she graduated with a PhD in accounting. Dr Modi Hlobo is the first... Read more.
KZN looks to accountability sessions to jump-start dysfunctional schools
No isiZulu teachers in a province in which 80% of the population speak the language. No calculators and maths sets for pupils. Unqualified teachers. Absenteeism... Read more.
Dilapidated and unsafe primary school still under lockdown
With the second term of the school year around the corner, it is still not clear whether the parents and community of Tsakane in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg... Read more.
Mamokgethi Phakeng … remarkable woman of many firsts
Maths education trailblazer and the first African to be elected chair of the International Alliance of Research Universities, professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, tells... Read more.
Gloria Bosman, thank you for the love and music
Around this time, exactly nine years ago, jazz maestro Gloria Bosman, gospel royalty Rebecca Malope, vocal coach to the stars Malie Kelly and gospel sensation Ntokozo... Read more.
Phakeng: I wanted to end my life
Former vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town Mamokgethi Phakeng contemplated suicide barely into her five-year stint at the helm of the institution. The... Read more.
