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Fifteen witnesses for vice-chancellor probe

Education Bongekile Macupe - 30 Oct 2020

Sefako Makgatho University vice-chancellor Professor Peter Mbati had interdicted parliament last month from continuing with the inquiry

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.