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School Infrastructure

Eastern Cape’s forgotten schools: Day 3
Article
/ 28 April 2013

Eastern Cape’s forgotten schools: Day 3

What will happen when the children realise they have been conned, asks writer Sindiwe Magona.

By Staff Reporter
Eastern Cape’s forgotten schools: Day 2
Article
/ 26 April 2013

Eastern Cape’s forgotten schools: Day 2

Two Equal Education writers describe their experience of the Eastern Cape’s most dilapidated schools; at one 856 learners share a single tap.

By Staff Reporter
Eastern Cape’s forgotten schools: Day 1
Article
/ 25 April 2013

Eastern Cape’s forgotten schools: Day 1

From broken windows to undignified toilets, Equal Education’s Julian Kesler shares his experience of the NGO’s tour of some Eastern Cape schools.

By Staff Reporter
Rasta: ‘I have a right to be at school’
Article
/ 5 April 2013

Rasta: ‘I have a right to be at school’

Activists cite dreadlock case as the latest example of government’s lack of clear direction to schools.

By Victoria John
Excellence thrives in rural isolation
Article
/ 28 March 2013

Excellence thrives in rural isolation

Hidden away in Limpopo, parents and pupils are queuing up at two schools – and for good reason.

By Staff Reporter
The right to dignity flushed away
Article
/ 28 March 2013

The right to dignity flushed away

The state is working to fix sanitation in Limpopo’s schools. But will it fix policy, too?

By Comment Author and Faranaaz Veriava
Forgotten schools of the Eastern Cape left to rot
Article
/ 8 March 2013

Forgotten schools of the Eastern Cape left to rot

Overcrowding, too few teachers, not enough furniture or appalling toilets seem to have become the norm at some of the Eastern Cape’s schools.

By Victoria John
Opinion: Will government intervene after Eastern Cape school closures?
Article
/ 5 March 2013

Opinion: Will government intervene after Eastern Cape school closures?

Parents in the Eastern Cape have shut down schools because of horrendous conditions. Nomalanga Mkhize asks when the state will step in.

By Staff Reporter
Section27 threatens more court action over Limpopo schools
Article
/ 14 February 2013

Section27 threatens more court action over Limpopo schools

Section27 has threatened to go back to court if shocking school infrastructure problems in hundreds of Limpopo schools are not urgently addressed.

By Victoria John
Angie’s cop-out on school quality
Article
/ 25 January 2013

Angie’s cop-out on school quality

Her new infrastructure norms limit the state’s legal obligations to poor schools.

By Comment Author and Faranaaz Veriava
Angie’s draft school infrastructure norms flout Constitution
Article
/ 18 January 2013

Angie’s draft school infrastructure norms flout Constitution

The draft norms and standards for school infrastructure that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga recently gazetted could well be illegal.

By Staff Reporter
Education department’s legal woes far from over
Article
/ 18 January 2013

Education department’s legal woes far from over

Storm clouds loom over basic education’s "inadequate" standards and unmet deadlines, writes Victoria John.

By Victoria John
Eastern Cape rolls out desks slowly
Article
/ 9 November 2012

Eastern Cape rolls out desks slowly

The province says putting furniture in schools is difficult without sufficient funds.

By Victoria John
Africa fails to understand the lessons
Article
/ 26 October 2012

Africa fails to understand the lessons

The continent needs greater political commitment to rescue its rural and peri-urban schools, writes Martin Prew.

By Martin Prew
Education in crisis: Teaching floored by lack of chairs
Article
/ 19 October 2012

Education in crisis: Teaching floored by lack of chairs

Increasing legal cases highlight the department of education’s failure to provide basic school infrastructure, Victoria John reports.

By Victoria John
Tanzania’s schools go backwards
Africa
/ 17 August 2012

Tanzania’s schools go backwards

Human rights activists in Tanzania claim the country’s education system is in crisis, with literacy rates plummeting at primary and secondary levels.

By Sibongile Nkosi
Limpopo department puts new school on back burner
Article
/ 28 May 2012

Limpopo department puts new school on back burner

The Limpopo education department says it is not feasible to build a new school until the necessary infrastructure is in place.

By Sapa
Holding government to account
Article
/ 5 April 2012

Holding government to account

Court action to enforce minimum norms for school buildings comes not a moment too soon.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 22 February 2011

Law ‘should force govt to act’ on education crisis

Inequality across schools is so extreme that legislation should be amended to force the government to set minimum infrastructure standards.

By David Macfarlane and Ryan Hoffmann
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