Department Of Education – The Mail & Guardian

/ 9 July 2024

Gauteng education says it will implement remedial actions in PP report on improper construction of R82m school

The investigation originates from a complaint lodged by Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane in September 2020

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By Umamah Bakharia

National

/ 20 May 2024

Irregularities exposed in KZN education tender worth over R200 million annually

Links have been found between the procurement manager and beneficiaries of lucrative tenders

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By Mandisa Ndlovu

Article

/ 24 April 2024

Education department will hire temps to fill 31 000 teacher vacancies

The Centre for Development and Enterprise has estimated that South Africa will need 456,000 teachers by 2025 for the country to offer quality education

By Umamah Bakharia

National

/ 19 June 2023

Man behind failed Soweto sports centre has fingers in several lottery pies

Petrus Sedibe is linked to nonprofit organisations that applied for funding totalling more than R12.6 million

By Raymond Joseph and Masego Mafata

Business

/ 23 February 2022

Public sector wage bill still a threat, even as fiscal outlook improves

A portion of the government’s revenue overrun, the result of the commodity boom, will be used to pay provincial employees

By Sarah Smit

Education

/ 21 January 2022

Matric results 2021 mapped: how did your school do?

Which schools and districts improved and which didn’t? Our complete guide to the 2021 matric results.

By M&G Data Desk

Education

/ 5 June 2021

SAHRC hearings: The lies and incompetence behind bullying and crimes in schools

Some principals do not have the skills to compile bullying reports; others fear being victimised. This has led to children battling the scourge alone

By Bongekile Macupe

Education

/ 24 May 2021

Abusive teachers still slip through system, council for educators admits

The council told the Human Rights Commission that “systemic gaps” and weak controls mean teachers found guilty of offences could still be found in the system

By Bongekile Macupe

National

/ 7 May 2021

Shanduka shade over Free State education

Audit firm PwC said R500-million irregular expenditure incurred by the Free State education department is related to an unsolicited bid by the Kagiso Shanduka Trust to improve schools

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By Khaya Koko and Lizeka Tandwa

Education

/ 30 April 2021

‘I am ashamed to say I teach at Klipspruit-West school’

The Eldorado Park school that chased Lesufi away four years ago is still in limbo without a permanent principal and infrastructure is deteriorating

By Eunice Masson

Education

/ 18 April 2021

Parents, be the change you want to see and vote for your SGB

It’s no good complaining about your child’s school if you don’t participate in the school governing body elections

By Bongekile Macupe

Education

/ 17 April 2021

No mercy for teachers who are found guilty of misconduct

New regulations give direction on what sanctions should be imposed on disgraceful teachers, including lifetime bans for serious offences

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By Bongekile Macupe

Education

/ 16 March 2021

Testing the ‘glass cliff’ theory at school

Some think that putting women in sticky situations when they reach the top is setting them up for failure, but the opposite could be true

By Kathija Yassim

Education

/ 13 August 2020

The girl who fell out of school

The Free State education department and a special needs school have failed to enrol a pupil
in class despite a court ordering them to do so

By Bongekile Macupe

Opinion

/ 5 August 2020

Now is the time for true innovation in education and the economy

Because of the government’s indecisiveness, we have missed the boat on charting new territory for learning

By Helga Jansen Daugbjerg

Education

/ 26 July 2020

KZN education officials suspended for mismanagement of sanitary-pads project

Unions have welcomed the suspension of three senior officials in KZN’s department of education for mismanagement of a sanitary-pads distribution project

By Bongekile Macupe

Education

/ 26 June 2020

Schools have tanks – but no water

The state rapidly put in place a solution for the emergency provision of water, but it has been hampered by the shortage, and cost, of water tankers

By Paddy Harper

Coronavirus

/ 5 June 2020

Schools: Confusion rather than clarity and confidence reign

The way in which Angie Motshekga has handled the reopening of schools has caused many people to lose confidence in her

By Bongekile Macupe

Article

/ 31 January 2020

Five changes that can fix the school system

These include improving teachers’ knowledge and pay, and teaching in the mother tongue

By Mamphela Ramphele

Article

/ 17 January 2020

Get over the No 1 matric obsession

The obsessive drive by provincial departments of education to be ranked the best performing province in the matric exams is dangerous and risks compromising the value of education in the South African public school system. MECs for education downplay this as “healthy competition” but I’ve covered the release of matric results for long enough now […]

By Bongekile Macupe