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No money even for toilet paper

No money even for toilet paper

06 May 2013 15:09 - Bongani Nkosi
Funding cuts leave Limpopo schools no choice but to ask parents for money.
Eastern Cape's forgotten schools: Day 3

Eastern Cape's forgotten schools: Day 3

28 Apr 2013 08:37 - Kate Wilkinson, Julie Campbell,
What will happen when the children realise they have been conned, asks writer Sindiwe Magona.
Eastern Cape's forgotten schools: Day 2

Eastern Cape's forgotten schools: Day 2

26 Apr 2013 17:24 - Lumkile Zani, Brad Brockman,
Two Equal Education writers describe their experience of the Eastern Cape's most dilapidated schools; at one 856 learners share a single tap.
Eastern Cape's forgotten schools: Day 1

Eastern Cape's forgotten schools: Day 1

25 Apr 2013 12:33 - Julian Kesler
From broken windows to undignified toilets, Equal Education's Julian Kesler shares his experience of the NGO's tour of some Eastern Cape schools.
Rasta: ‘I have a right to be at school’

Rasta: ‘I have a right to be at school’

05 Apr 2013 10:16 - Victoria John
Activists cite dreadlock case as the latest example of government’s lack of clear direction to schools.
Excellence thrives in rural isolation

Excellence thrives in rural isolation

28 Mar 2013 00:00 - Molly Blank
Hidden away in Limpopo, parents and pupils are queuing up at two schools - and for good reason.
The right to dignity flushed away

The right to dignity flushed away

28 Mar 2013 00:00 - Faranaaz Veriava: COMMENT
The state is working to fix sanitation in Limpopo's schools. But will it fix policy, too?
Forgotten schools of the Eastern Cape left to rot

Forgotten schools of the Eastern Cape left to rot

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.
Opinion: Will government intervene after Eastern Cape school closures?

Opinion: Will government intervene after Eastern Cape school closures?

05 Mar 2013 16:01 - Nomalanga Mkhize
Parents in the Eastern Cape have shut down schools because of horrendous conditions. Nomalanga Mkhize asks when the state will step in.
Section27 threatens more court action over Limpopo schools

Section27 threatens more court action over Limpopo schools

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.
Angie's cop-out on school quality

Angie's cop-out on school quality

25 Jan 2013 11:15 - Faranaaz Veriava: COMMENT
Her new infrastructure norms limit the state's legal obligations to poor schools.
Principals complain of uncomfortable prefabs

Principals complain of uncomfortable prefabs

25 Jan 2013 10:59 - Bongani Nkosi
The Gauteng education department appears to be battling with the demand for more school classrooms caused by high migration rates into the province.
Angie's draft school infrastructure norms flout Constitution

Angie's draft school infrastructure norms flout Constitution

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.
Education department's legal woes far from over

Education department's legal woes far from over

18 Jan 2013 10:55 - Victoria John
Storm clouds loom over basic education's "inadequate" standards and unmet deadlines, writes Victoria John.
Eastern Cape rolls out desks slowly

Eastern Cape rolls out desks slowly

09 Nov 2012 13:17 - Victoria John
The province says putting furniture in schools is difficult without sufficient funds.
Africa fails to understand the lessons

Africa fails to understand the lessons

26 Oct 2012 10:32 - Martin Prew
The continent needs greater political commitment to rescue its rural and peri-urban schools, writes Martin Prew.
Education in crisis: Teaching floored by lack of chairs

Education in crisis: Teaching floored by lack of chairs

19 Oct 2012 00:00 - Victoria John
Increasing legal cases highlight the department of education's failure to provide basic school infrastructure, Victoria John reports.
'Give us classrooms so we can learn'

Slideshow | 'Give us classrooms so we can learn'

18 Sep 2012 16:22
Equal Education has been documenting poor learning environments to ensure pupils have access to sanitation and functioning classrooms.
Tanzania's schools go backwards

Tanzania's schools go backwards

17 Aug 2012 14:00 - Sibongile Nkosi
Human rights activists in Tanzania claim the country's education system is in crisis, with literacy rates plummeting at primary and secondary levels.
Limpopo department puts new school on back burner

Limpopo department puts new school on back burner

28 May 2012 13:25 - Sapa
The Limpopo education department says it is not feasible to build a new school until the necessary infrastructure is in place.

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