Education

Chaos outside Cape Town schools as parents demand places for their children

Parents say their children are subjected to poor learning conditions at Solomon Mahlangu Primary School

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News | 20 February 2025

Over 100 learners squeeze into one room at this overcrowded school

Ketlane Primary School in Limpopo says its pleas for help from the provincial education department have gone unanswered

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Khayelitsha school still without stationery

Western Cape Education Department has urged the formation of a school governing body to help deal with issues at the school

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Brief | 11 February 2025

Northern Cape learners can’t go to class because schools have no money

Lack of funding for food and electricity has forced at least one hostel to close

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Brief | 11 February 2025

Explainer: BELA and its controversies

We unpick the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act that rocked the Government of National Unity

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Explainer | 4 February 2025

New Cape Town crèche is being built from tyres

Goal50 in Heideveld will be made from 5,000 tyres and other recycled waste

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Photo Essay | 3 February 2025

Children walk over an hour and wade across a river to get to Fort Beaufort school

The bridge to Oakdene Primary washed away about 15 years ago

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Brief | 3 February 2025

Western Cape schools feel the squeeze after cuts in teacher posts

Teachers and principals tell GroundUp how their schools are coping

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News | 31 January 2025

Night studies pay off for Dunoon matriculant

Sange Dastile studied in the early morning in the one-room house he shares with his mother and brother. Now he’s off to Stellenbosch University to study medicine.

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News | 29 January 2025

Learners sit on the floor at this old and overcrowded Ekurhuleni school

Erasmus Monareng Secondary has dilapidated classrooms and is short-staffed

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News | 28 January 2025

Here’s what’s happening with Johannesburg’s libraries

Some have been closed for years but dates have been set to re-open a few of them

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Brief | 24 January 2025

New school for blind learners delayed

The school is one of only six in Limpopo catering to visually impaired and blind learners

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News | 23 January 2025

Another school year starts with 90 learners to a classroom in Limpopo

Renaissance and Musina High grade 8 classes are bursting due to inaction by government

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Brief | 22 January 2025

No-fee Gauteng school accused of demanding money for stationery

Coercing donations out of parents at no-fee schools is unlawful, says Equal Education Law Centre

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Brief | 20 January 2025

Parents block enrolment at new primary school in Kraaifontein

They want learners transferred from the old Solomon Mahlangu primary school which is in a terrible condition

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Brief | 17 January 2025

21-year-old arrested in matric marks leak

Unlicensed shotgun with ammunition seized in search

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Brief | 17 January 2025