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Basic education minister, Siviwe Gwarube. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo)

Equal Education slams Gwarube over claim that 90% of schools now in a better condition

According to the department of basic education, 93% of 3 372 pit latrines have been replaced with appropriate sanitation facilities

Safe Parks provide essential support so children can learn

‘It’s a small step to encourage them to keep on with their schoolwork’

Free education includes not only the absence of fees but also all other costs, including free, reliable and safe transport. (Oupa Nkosi)

Summing up the legal battles fought for better schools

We summarise the legal battles fought to improve the quality of education in South Africa.

From shacks to shops – new uses for abandoned state schools

People are living in some of the many schools that have been closed because of low enrolment numbers. Others are used as business premises

The announcement by Minister of Education Angie Motshekga that history will be made compulsory from grades 10 to 12 by 2022 has opened up many debates

Motshekga airs basic education’s infrastructure budget woes

During the department’s budget vote speech, the minister emphasised that budget cuts will make it difficult to deliver safe infrastructure

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has made sweeping changes to the government. (Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP)

Equal Education must get its facts straight

‘The article’s unsubstantiated information is best described as an attack on the CDC’s integrity’

Life cut short: Michael Komape’s funeral last year.

Motshekga denies responsibility in toilet death

The state said they should not have known that the toilet Michael Komape drowned in was unsafe for use.

How much longer for better school infrastructure?

Equal Education and pupils frustrated by the long wait for better school infrastructure picketed outside the basic education department’s office.

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Dodgy data leads to flawed plans

Provincial plans for school infrastructure should be made public to ensure correct needs are met.

Pupils lift lid on Tembisa toilets

Residents are auditing sanitation at schools to ensure the government keeps its promises.

One for all: Three classes are conducted in one classroom on a farm in Breyten

New Mpumalanga schools sweep the board

Mpumalanga has replaced 14 substandard rural schools with two state-of-the-art institutions.

According to the basic education department’s latest statistics

School infrastructure: How NGOs are planning to get the message across

NGOs consider using soccer clubs, traditional healers, churches and even shebeens to tell SA about government’s plan to fix school infrastructure.

Women are at the bottom of the pile when policies are designed without them.

Unite both the head and the hand

We can overcome education models that still entrench social divisions.

In Queen’s Mercy, pupils pull back from the brink

Equal Education activists help rural Eastern Cape school to find its voice and stand up for the right to education.

Keeping the passion for teaching alive

Young teachers need support so disillusionment does not drive them away from the profession.