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The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) says schools were allocated funds in November 2025 specifically to settle their municipal obligations, including electricity accounts, amid ongoing concerns over unpaid bills and possible service interruptions.
Draft regulations gazetted last week will require schools to support pregnant learners to stay in class and return after childbirth, while requiring pregnancies involving learners under 16 to be reported to social workers and police.
The initiative brings together LaLiga's globally recognised youth development methodology and the long-term development strategy of the Royal Bafokeng Nation.
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has called for a fundamental shift in how African universities approach equity, warning that access alone does not guarantee true transformation.
South African universities need to recover the intellectual purpose of postgraduate education, resist xenophobia in the academy, and improve the quality of supervision, Professor Jonathan Jansen said at a national higher education colloquium this month