- 08 Mar 2013 00:00 - M&G Reporter
- Angie Motshekga has been a disaster as a minister of education. More than that, she has been an embarrassment.
- 08 Mar 2013 00:00 - Victoria John
- Overcrowding, too few teachers, not enough furniture or appalling toilets seem to have become the norm at some of the Eastern Cape's schools.
- 06 Mar 2013 15:01 - Sapa
- The Centre for Child Law is taking Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga back to court over the shortage of teachers in the Eastern Cape.
- 05 Mar 2013 14:17 - Bongani Nkosi
- Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga must resign with immediate effect, says the South African Democratic Teachers' Union.
- 28 Feb 2013 19:14 - Bongani Nkosi
- The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union has intensified its industrial campaign targeting basic education director general Bobby Soobrayan.
- 28 Feb 2013 13:24 - Thalia Holmes
- Last year's landmark legal case after the basic education department's failure to address appalling school infrastructure made its mark on the budget.
- 26 Feb 2013 20:05 - Andisiwe Makinana
- Cabinet ministers have come under fire from opposition MPs for missing a crucial debate in Parliament on gender-based violence.
- 15 Feb 2013 12:04
- We speak to MPs for reaction on the president's speech. While at times they were scathing of his address, some were more supportive.
- 15 Feb 2013 06:00 - Victoria John
- Section27 has threatened to go back to court if shocking school infrastructure problems in hundreds of Limpopo schools are not urgently addressed.
- 13 Feb 2013 10:09 - Bongani Nkosi
- Another opposition party has spoken out about the Limpopo textbooks saga, claiming there are still schools in the province yet to receive textbooks.
- 11 Feb 2013 15:00 - Bongani Nkosi
- The department of basic education has came out guns blazing refuting claims by the DA that there are still schools in Limpopo without textbooks.
- 06 Feb 2013 06:19 - Phillip De Wet
- The ANC's aggressive stance on teaching as an essential service bodes ill for three-year wage agreements reached in the public sector last year.
- 04 Feb 2013 14:24 - Nickolaus Bauer
- The debate around making teaching an essential service intensified as the ANC reaffirmed its stance on the move seen as an attempt to prevent strikes.
- 28 Jan 2013 11:18 - Sapa
- Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says she is disappointed that an SMS between her and Firstrand chief executive Sizwe Nxasana has been leaked.
- 25 Jan 2013 11:15 - Faranaaz Veriava: COMMENT
- Her new infrastructure norms limit the state's legal obligations to poor schools.
- 21 Jan 2013 17:11 - Victoria John
- The Rivonia school admissions saga might have been avoided if Minister Angie Motshekga had published norms and standards for school capacity.
- 18 Jan 2013 11:04 - Victoria John: ANALYSIS
- The draft norms and standards for school infrastructure that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga recently gazetted could well be illegal.
- 18 Jan 2013 10:55 - Victoria John
- Storm clouds loom over basic education's "inadequate" standards and unmet deadlines, writes Victoria John.
- 16 Jan 2013 16:50 - Victoria John
- The legacy of three court orders, a media furore, and pupils who went without textbooks last year appears to be holding strong - on Twitter.
- 09 Jan 2013 16:00
- As inland provinces gear up for the new academic year, about two-million children started school in Gauteng on January 9.
