Civil society organisations are demanding the release of a confidential Western Cape education department report on pupil transport in the province.
NGO Equal Education says Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s statements submitted to court on basic education rights are wrong.
Kagiso may not have a confrontational approach, but it takes shared responsibility very seriously.
Reports have shown Limpopo is just one example of nationwide inadequacy and mismanagement in the procurement and delivery of schoolbooks.
A digital learning centre is opening doors to opportunities never before imagined by pupils and adult learners in a rural village in Mpumalanga.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is set to argue in court that children do not have an unqualified constitutional right to basic education.
The Council of Education Ministers has dismissed criticism against Minister Angie Motshekga, saying the media created a misleading impression.
But the education department is digging in its heels over the appointment of non-teaching staff.
While claiming to welcome the Metcalfe report on deliveries, it has criticised its pertinent points.
The team appointed to verify Limpopo textbook deliveries has failed to determine how many learners began school with textbooks on Monday.
NGOs baffled by education department’s delay tactics in 18-month-old saga.
A pupil laments the horrific conditions at his rural Eastern Cape school.
Team appointed to verify Limpopo textbook deliveries will have to go back to schools after holidays, observer says.
Most people in the Kuruman area believe it is ungodly and unAfrican to be gay. Victoria John visited the Northen Cape town.
The jacket notes of Anna Raverat’s novel "Signs of Life" declares that "this is not a confession", but it certainly reads like one.
The hidden enemy in fatherless households and other problems means that the struggle faced by today’s youth is harder than the one under Apartheid.
Young girls expose themselves to the danger of HIV infection by having sex with older men. Victoria John reports.
Projected student numbers for the future demand a rethink of the traditional teaching model of universities, writes Victoria John.
Angie Motshekga will oppose court action taken by Eastern Cape governing bodies over the failure to fill 64 752 teaching posts budgeted for this year.
Eastern Cape principals and parents are suing the state after their pleas to fill positions were ignored
The department of basic education faces court action over its failure to fully fill the tens of thousands of teaching posts the Eastern Cape needs.
A University of Cape Town scholar receives the Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for his work on statistical ecology.
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has plans to turn students and lecturers nationwide into information technology "natives".
Litigation is increasingly being used to force the government to provide the basics needed in schools, writes Victoria John
SA’s publishing industry had better prepare for deep and dire straits if the ANC’s plan to nationalise the production of textbooks goes ahead.
Many South Africans say pregnant teens should stay home from school lest they "disturb the class", but activists are working hard to change attitudes.
A student has been suspended from a Cape university and a security firm employee faces censure after posting racist remarks on social networks.
South African pupils have joined drama students from schools on three continents, brought together via the internet to produce each other’s plays.
The Mail & Guardian spoke to four students who, despite poverty and a lack of support, have achieved their academic dreams.
A woman’s association at the University of Limpopo recently celebrated the support its members have provided for each other in higher education.
In six months Unisa Radio’s listenership has grown by over 450%, a jump the station’s managers say is helping forge a community of distance learners.
A shortfall in accommodation near campuses has resulted in a plethora of illegal communes near universities.