The department of basic education has announced that the class of 2020 will sit for its final examinations later than usual.
Universities and other higher education institutions have to develop ways of preventing or dealing with rape and other damaging behaviour
The Sexual Offences Act criminalises sex with a person under the age of 16 by a person over the age of 18
Parents have lost their jobs or had salaries cut; without state help the schools just can’t survive
The parents of the 2020 crisis have little say about their children’s education
Teachers who spoke to the Mail & Guardian this week are not confident that any effective teaching and learning will take place during this academic year, even if it is extended
Schools have been closed again. After months of doing schoolwork at home, not all parents think their children are ready to move to the next grade
Some affluent institutions have already finished the first semester online, but historically disadvantaged universities like Walter Sisulu University are having to start from scratch
Unions have welcomed the suspension of three senior officials in KZN’s department of education for mismanagement of a sanitary-pads distribution project
They stayed away because they feared getting Covid-19, had comorbidities, were in quarantine, had become infected and the safety measures such as curfews were too limiting