Our work as a team of ichnologists often takes us to the Knysna area of the Western Cape coast, where we investigate tracks in coastal aeolianites that are between 50,000 and 400,000 years old.
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) has been ranked among the top 6% of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) worldwide for the second year in a row, as it continues to strengthen its global profile in the 2026 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) are at loggerheads over claims of a drastic 64% reduction in operational budgets for Quintile 5 schools, due to take effect from 1 April.
Build One South Africa (BOSA) has challenged the government to change the narrative around post-school education, saying that university isn't the only path to success.
Foreign learners make up only 1.8% of South Africa’s total learner population, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) said on Thursday, rejecting claims that children from other countries are “overrunning” local schools as misleading and unsupported by national enrolment data.
KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Sipho Hlomuka said on Thursday that schools should not be misused to stir community tensions, as he addressed parents and officials at Addington Primary School in Durban, following days of protests outside the institution.
More than R1.7 billion meant for poor and working class students has been returned to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) after an investigation exposed years of weak controls, unclaimed funds and payments to unqualified beneficiaries.
The ANC-led Gauteng Department of Education has shifted the blame for school funding pressures to the DA-led national Department of Basic Education, accusing it of failing to provide relief while allowing what it called misinformation about provincial budget cuts to spread.
