According to a report recently released by the Ministry of Education, lack of textbooks is the single biggest problem plaguing South African education. This became clear to Mark…

By the time Stevens* parents came to Margaret Logan at Rosemeade Private School, they were at their wits end. Their son had been expelled from three schools. He was doing drugs,…

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the principal of Saxonsea Primary in Atlantis, Loran Klaasen, doesn’t think he’s a hero. "I am a catalyst. All I am doing is…

Some significant legal and political victories for mother-tongue education were gained in the recent past. In relation to Afrikaans in particular, there was Mikro Primary…

"When they leave our school at some stage," says the principal of United Herzlia Schools, Geoff Cohen, of his learners, "hopefully they leave as a mensch." That last word —…