Money crisis means grades lacking textbooks this year could start 2013 without books again.
A gauntlet has been thrown to the basic education department to stop "lying" about textbook supply in Limpopo and take responsibility.
If publishers don’t reduce textbook prices the provincial education department will withdraw its orders – two months before books are due in schools.
A confidential report warns that the October deadline for 2013 material is unlikely to be met – leaving students in the lurch once again.
Industrial action at Wits University looks set to become protracted after negotiations stalled and unions accused management of acting in bad faith.
Wits staff marched and picketed on campus, demanding a 9% salary increase, while university management are only offering 6.8%.
Salary negotiations are back on track at Wits University, but the strike planned for Tuesday still threatens to bring the university to a standstill.
Teachers will not be able to implement Caps, the new curriculum, in two provinces due to a lack of training.
Parliament’s portfolio committee on basic education is concerned about persistent delays in schoolbook deliveries across the country.
Limpopo teachers have voiced concern over the quality of textbooks as the price war between the basic education department and publishers rages on.
Cosas has warned teachers aligned to Sadtu in Ekurhuleni they will be barred from returning to school if they embark on an intended march in the area.
A school in rural Limpopo is still waiting for textbooks seven months into the school year.
But amid doubts about the logic of a junior employee taking the flak, schools still lack books.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana (28) hit a fire storm on his appointment to the Cabinet. Bongani Nkosi turns up the heat.
The culprits who dumped Limpopo school workbooks near a Limpopo dam were still unknown by the end of the week and the saga had only deepened.
Lawyer for Section 27, Nikki Stein, has emerged as a driving force in publicising the textbooks debacle.
Limpopo matrics describe the hardship of learning under poor teachers and without books.
Some Limpopo schools are still operating without textbooks this week after the education department missed yet another deadline.
Litigation distracts the basic education department, it argues — but NGOs say dire school conditions force them to approach the courts.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has denied blame for a delay in the delivery of textbooks to Limpopo schools, saying she would not quit.
Despite assurances that the education department would meet a high court ordered deadline, some Limpopo schools are still without textbooks.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has been accused of failing to understand the problems that students in FET colleges are facing.
Unrest over poor governance and management at FET colleges is growing.
Mystery surrounds the public funding agency’s reasons for suspending its chief executive.
Unions have given the government 24 hours to agree to terms to avoid a wage dispute that would throw the public service sector into disarray.
Wits University’s new facilities may push it on to the top 100 global varsities list.
The CEO of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, Nkosinathi Khena, has been suspended and the agency won’t give reasons.
Violent demonstrations are sweeping through the country’s FET campuses as students protest against bad management.
The executive dean of Cida City Campus has been stripped of his position after two weeks of student protests.
A protest by a group of students over the dismissal of 17 chefs at Wits University has culminated in an indefinite hunger strike.
Problem pupils in the Eastern Cape are being placed in normal schools because the province’s only industrial school is not admitting any pupils.
For optimal results, teachers must become expertly familiar with what they have to teach.