Free State MEC Tate Makgoe has died
South Africa woke up to the sad news of the death of MEC for Education Pule Herbet Isak Tate Makgoe died in a car accident. Makgoe was killed along with his protector... Read more.
No end in sight as hundreds of Wits students intensify protest
As students continue with their protest at Wits University’s main campus, three R-G12, nicknamed Nyala, re-entered the university grounds. Their arrival did... Read more.
Wits grinds to a halt as ‘poor’ students take fight to streets
Financial exclusion, accommodation allowance limits, non-payment of books and food allowances are at the centre of protests at the University of the Witwatersrand,... Read more.
MEC to visit Vaal school following fatal stabbing
Violence in schools takes centre stage as Gauteng MEC Matome Chiloane visits a Sebokeng high school in the Vaal tomorrow after the death of a pupil following... Read more.
Nzimande kept in the dark on UCT vice-chancellor’s ‘early retirement’
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Dr Blade Nzimande has been kept in the dark about issues involving the University of Cape Town (UCT) vice-chancellor... Read more.
‘Education not getting attention and funding it deserves’
The crisis that is the state of basic education in South Africa is not getting the attention and funding it deserves. This is according to education experts, activists... Read more.
No arrest weeks after team started probing Fort Hare deaths
No arrest has been made six weeks after the killing of University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor professor Sakhela Buhlungu’s bodyguard. Giving a report on the progress... Read more.
Shifting gears impossible if car is a jalopy
What an imagery, the commander-in-chief of South Africa painted to describe the manner in which the government plans to end the blackouts that are crippling the... Read more.
Parents decry lack of options as pupils struggle with Afrikaans
Frustrated parents at a top Johannesburg public school who are spending thousands of rands on fees and more on private tutors for their children who are struggling... Read more.
Parents relieved as kids finally start school year
A group of Gauteng parents whose children have not started school halfway into the first term breathed a sigh of relief this week when the department informed them... Read more.
