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The Department of Basic Education has withheld the 2025 matric results of 40 learners implicated in a national exam leak investigation, as it moves to contain the fallout from one of the most serious breaches of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) system in recent years.
eThekwini Municipality has opened applications for its 2026 Student Relief Fund for first-time undergraduate students who have been accepted at public universities or TVET colleges but lack financial assistance, it said on Friday.
Education Quality Council Umalusi has approved the release of the 2025 end-of-year national examination results after a review of the conduct, administration, and standardisation of exams across the country, it said on Friday.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng on Friday criticised the provincial education department over “reckless and unjustifiable” irregular expenditure of R594 million linked to the procurement of mobile classrooms in the 2024/25 financial year.
Dr Naledi Pandor has been appointed as the next Chancellor of Nelson Mandela University, the institution’s council said, with the former cabinet minister due to take up the role on 1 April for a four-year term.
Applications for pharmacy and psychology internship posts opened online on Thursday after the province reprioritised funding to support training programmes that had come under pressure because of budget constraints.
The Economic Freedom Fighters Youth Command (EFFYC) has launched its Sizofunda Ngenkani (We will learn by any means necessary) campaign across universities and TVET colleges, calling on the education sector to ensure that schooling is delivered against all odds.
The Department of Basic Education has confirmed that the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results will be published in accredited newspapers on Tuesday, maintaining the format that has been used in recent years.
Mpumalanga launched its 2026 Back to School campaign this week, where it said that nearly 10,000 learners were still awaiting placement ahead of the new term.
