Eastern Cape teachers may finally be paid and posts filled now that Legal Resources Centre has filed a class action lawsuit against the government.
There was much tears and excitement as South African pupils returned to school for the start of the new year.
Progress in healthcare and education indicates that South Africans’ lives have improved, writes Busani Ngcaweni from the deputy president’s office.
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/ 8 November 2013
Undaunted by apartheid and Aids, she has made all the difference to those otherwise abandoned.
The South African Institute of Race Relations says the privatisation of the health and education sectors is the solution to the country’s problems.
Pupils in Limpopo will have textbooks in time for the 2014 academic year, says education MEC Dikeledi Magadzi.
The achievements of learners are still strongly (and sadly) linked to the circumstances of their birth, writes Annette Lovemore.
The allocation to school infrastructure in the mid-term budget is inadequate, writes David Macfarlane.
CUT get involved in the SB13 Southern Africa conference.
Angie Motshekga and Mamphela Ramphele have clashed again after the Agang SA leader’s fresh comments that education under apartheid was better in SA.
The president has mastered the art of quietly surprising those who snipe at his lack of education.
Comment by Dr Herman J van Vuuren.
Pretoria Hospital School does not condone early pregnancy, but offers girls the chance to continue learning in a non-judgmental environment.
Education prospects are looking grim for South Africa’s school pupils, and government is now compelled to respond. What is its diagnosis?
Winner: Professor Kholeka Constance Moloi
The Eastern Cape’s education department says it will counter the court order that will attach its movable assets after it failed to pay teachers.
The University of South Africa has launched its new R1-billion science campus in Johannesburg to encourage students to take up science and technology.
ARVs have stopped children dying, now the former Aids hospice is helping them to thrive.
The government has disputed Agang leader Mamphela Ramphele’s assertion that it has failed the youth by mismanaging the education system.
The debate about whether the education system delivers continues.
Sadtu has suspended its strike after the basic education minister agreed to some of its demands, including an investigation into her director general.
Pupils are not taught to think, to solve problems or to read independently because most of their teachers do not know how to teach these skills.
Children may constitute 39% of our population, but how often do we see or hear their voices in the news?
A good education system is the cornerstone of a prosperous society — and South African business invests heavily in the sector.
From broken windows to undignified toilets, Equal Education’s Julian Kesler shares his experience of the NGO’s tour of some Eastern Cape schools.
Classrooms stood empty as Sadtu members took to the streets calling for Angie Motshekga and Bobby Soobrayan to step down immediately.
Reading statistics incorrectly, especially those touted as education statistics, means everyone is left with egg on their faces.
South Africa has ranked its maths and science education has second last in the world, ahead of Yemen, according to a World Economic Forum report.
The minister has chosen not to comment on plans by Sadtu teachers to start a go-slow in a a call for her resignation.
Better rewards for teachers must be accompanied by better results in the classroom, says Public service and administration minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
ANC deputy president and tycoon Cyril Ramaphosa says big businesses must dig deep into their coffers to help the government improve public education.
Angie Motshekga has been a disaster as a minister of education. More than that, she has been an embarrassment.