Education

Mpumelelo Ncube | South Africa has a bigger problem than unemployed...

In March 2026, in my capacities as Head of the Department of Social Work at the University of the Free State (UFS) and President...

Nasaret Ruswa | BELA protects learner dignity, but who protects the...

In early September, a short video circulating on social media showed a schoolboy standing close to a teacher, repeatedly pointing towards his face in...

Fight for economic liberation and protect women, AmaZulu Royal Chancellor tells...

Escalating incidents of femicide and gender-based violence (GBV) at South African universities should serve as a “war cry” for institutions and communities to take...

Three South African universities listed among world’s top 500

Three South African universities – the University of Cape Town, the University of the Witwatersrand, and Stellenbosch University – have been ranked among the world's top 500…

Fear grips Westbury as deadly shootings disrupt schools

Gun violence in Westbury, west of Johannesburg, has instilled fresh fear in the community after three young people were recently shot dead, while two...

Partnerships and potential: Building Athlone Institute Paarl’s second century

In 1974, when the Group Areas Act forced Noorder Paarl High School to vacate its historic home in exchange for asbestos-sheeted classrooms east of...

PSA rejects economist’s call to slash teachers’ salaries by 50%

The Public Servants Association (PSA) has rejected calls to halve educators’ salaries to enable government to employ more teachers, saying such a move would...

Education MEC Lebogang Maile blasts Eastbank High School vandalism

Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has strongly condemned the burning of school furniture and the disruption of teaching and learning at Eastbank High School...

Maile calls for collaboration in curbing violence in Gauteng schools

The MEC for Education in Gauteng, Lebogang Maile, says schools must be sacred spaces for learning and teaching, where criminality or violence has no...

NSFAS opens theft case against former board member over missing laptops

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has opened a theft case against a former board member accused of keeping laptops that were intended...