Education

NSFAS funding delays put students at risk of sexual exploitation –...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has acknowledged the link between financial vulnerability and student safety. The parliamentary portfolio committee on higher education recently...

Over 200K pupils recorded as Gauteng kicks off Grade 1 and...

The Gauteng Department of Education has announced that it has processed 213 000 applications for learners who will be in Grade 1 and Grade...

NSFAS ‘sits on SIU graft report’ on Free State TVET totalling...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has not submitted the findings of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) into the controversial Motheo TVET College...

UCT urged to reopen ‘cover-up’ drug,  arson probe into promoted professor

A confidential investigative report submitted to the director-general of the Department of Higher Education and Training has called for urgent action at the University...

UJ to confer PhDs on Malusi Gigaba, Mmusi Maimane

Members of parliament Malusi Gigaba and Mmusi Maimane will be among the 2 163 graduates who will receive their academic qualifications when the University...

Gauteng education department gives funds to schools to pay for water,...

All of Gauteng's public schools now have money to pay for municipal services like electricity and water, according to the province's education department. The department's...

Evicted Fort Hare rugby players spend cold night on Centurion streets

University of Fort Hare rugby players were forced to spend a freezing Thursday night on the streets of Centurion after being evicted from their...

Gauteng high school pupil dies after consuming spaza shop snacks

The crisis of young people dying allegedly from eating snacks from spaza shops continues as another tragic death is reported in Gauteng. A Grade 10...

Ex-finance minister Malusi Gigaba has completed his PhD at UJ

Former finance minister Knowledge Malusi Nkanyeni Gigaba has achieved a significant academic milestone by completing his PhD at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), with...

Calls for public protector to probe KZN education’s hiring of Jali...

Trade unions and political parties in KwaZulu-Natal have rejected the appointment of Yali Joyi as the chief financial officer of the provincial education department. The...

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