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Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has said that South Africa’s ability to prepare young people for work, citizenship and innovation depends on whether children learn to read, count and reason in their earliest years of schooling.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been placed on the global scientific stage after Professor Liesl Zühlke was named the 2026 laureate for Africa and the Arab States in the prestigious UNESCO-Foundation L'Oréal For Women in Science International Awards.
The North West Department of Education and Matlosana Local Municipality have sent engineering teams to Laerskool Stilfontein, near Klerksdorp, after a suspected sinkhole was detected on the school grounds.
By Thapelo Molefe
Student debt at South African universities has climbed to R59bn despite billions of rand spent annually through the National Student Financial Aid...
The Eastern Cape High Court has reserved judgment in an urgent defamation case brought by Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema over remarks relating to Mabuyane’s academic record.
The increase in grant coverage accelerated after the introduction of the special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant in 2020, which was initially designed to temporarily cushion income losses during the pandemic.
Cash-strapped provincial education departments are beginning to buckle, forcing the state to redirect money from ECD to keep compulsory Grade R reforms alive.
At least 65,000 learners stayed away from schools in parts of Mangaung on Monday as a shutdown over service delivery and other grievances disrupted teaching and learning across the metro, the Free State Department of Education said.
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela says Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) must be held to stricter performance standards and brought closer to employers.
Deputy Higher Education and Training Minister Mimmy Gondwe has called for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to be scrapped and replaced with a new university-driven funding system, while Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela warned that the current student funding model is financially unsustainable.
