Public Education
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Overcrowding, infrastructure failures and school safety dominate Gauteng education MEC’s agenda — but deeper structural pressures remain unresolved
Lebogang Maile warns that the province’s school system faces growing strain
Stagnating matric maths pass rate a sobering reality
The declining rate reflects deep-rooted challenges that begin in the early school grades
KwaZulu-Natal tops 2025 matric results with 90.6% pass rate
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube said the notion that 30% constituted a pass mark was political sloganism
Half of SA teachers want out because of violence, exhaustion
Fifty percent of the country’s teachers may leave the profession in 10 years, threatening education quality and rural staffing
Bonang Mohale: South Africa has all the markings of a failed state
The former Business Leadership SA chief executive and current chancellor of the University of the Free State highlighted unemployment as the biggest problem to address
Basic education minister celebrates the top achievers in the class of 2021
Angie Motshekga says 2021’s matrics are in ‘a class of their own’ for having persevered through Covid-19 pandemic for two years