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The shame of 40 000 missing education certificates

Education Bongekile Macupe - 29 Oct 2020

Graduates are being left in the lurch by a higher education department that is simply unable to deliver the crucial certificates proving their qualifications - in some cases dating back to 1992

WSU suspends classes and exams to avoid the spread of Covid-19

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 26 Oct 2020

The university says it has to take the precautionary measures because 26 students have tested positive on its East London campus

Eastern Cape universities concerned by rising Covid cases

Education Bongekile Macupe - 21 Oct 2020

Fort Hare says 26 more students have tested positive while Walter Sisulu University says some of its students have been admitted to hospital.

NSFAS’s woes do not help its mandate

Education Bongekile Macupe - 21 Oct 2020

Nehawu wants the scheme’s administrator, Randall Carolissen, to be removed

Institutions of higher learning should commemorate their casualties

Education Malesela Maubane & Shalate Davhana - 20 Oct 2020

The bust of Matikweni Nkuna at Tshwane University of Technology is an example of how we should honour those who fought for equal access to education

Unisa shortlists two candidates for the vice-chancellor job

Education Bongekile Macupe - 19 Oct 2020

The outgoing vice-chancellor’s term has been extended to April to allow for a smooth hand-over

Fort Hare students test positive for Covid after partying

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 19 Oct 2020

The 30 students, who went to a bash at a tavern in East London, were not wearing masks, did not sanitise their hands nor keep to social distancing regulations.

International rankings don’t measure what matters

Education Sioux McKenna - 18 Oct 2020

The privilege-protecting systems we use for grading universities are simply poor science

Q&A Sessions: ‘A good teacher must love the kids’

Education Lucas Ledwaba - 16 Oct 2020

As a child, Mokhudu Machaba had to cross a flooded river on her way to school in rural Limpopo. She fell pregnant at 15 but returned to complete her matric and found employment as a domestic worker to pay for her tertiary education. The dedicated educator, who has been shortlisted for the Global Teacher Prize talks to Lucas Ledwaba

Parktown Boys’ High principal fired for tragic death of Enoch Mpianzi

Education Khaya Koko - 13 Oct 2020

Malcolm Williams was found to have sent schoolboys on an unauthorised trip and failed to ensure the correct roll-call procedures were followed

When education is neglected, there can be no progress

Education Mandla Makhanya - 11 Oct 2020

Development cannot be achieved unless we achieve universal access to education

Invest in children to boost SA’s recovery

Education Patricia Martin - 11 Oct 2020

Providing effective, population-scale family support and 21st century transformative education is a nonnegotiable if we are to have any chance of eradicating violence, poverty, and inequality.

Young academics need mentors and sponsors

Education Tebogo Mashifana - 7 Oct 2020

New lecturers and researchers need guidance on achieving targets, or risk being thrown into the deep end without being taught how to swim

Teacher union to join Cosatu strike over ‘uncaring employer’

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 5 Oct 2020

Sadtu has accused the state of being an “uncaring employer” for failing to pay salary increases due two years ago

Farmworkers’ children forgotten

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 3 Oct 2020

They have been unable to return to their school in North West because the hostel is closed

Student teachers learn new resilience

Education Maureen Robinson - 3 Oct 2020

Learning to teach takes on new forms under the Covid-19 regulations

We honour the teachers who saw the potential in us

Education Bongekile Macupe - 2 Oct 2020

On Monday, 5 October — World Teachers Day — we recalled the teachers who helped us become the people we are today

Five universities extend academic year to March 2021

Education Bongekile Macupe - 30 Sep 2020

Minister Blade Nzimande says a staggered ending of the academic year is intended to support students

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