Inside Education covers the latest news, analysis and developments across South Africa's education sector. From higher education policy to classroom innovation, we bring educators, students and parents the stories that matter most.
The new acting chair of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), Dr Mugwena Maluleke, has vowed to deal decisively with the mismanagement, corruption, and administrative failures that have plagued the entity.
By Siviwe Gwarube November marked a profound shift in global education diplomacy. From the historic G20 Leaders’ Summit held for the first time on African...
The Department of Higher Education and Training has confirmed that the National Accredited Technical Education Diploma (NATED) Report 190/191 N3 examination results will be standardised for the final time, marking a decisive step in the phasing out of South Africa’s long-standing NATED qualification framework.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has come out strongly against a proposed 4.1% salary increase for politicians and other public office bearers, describing the recommendation as “tone-deaf”, morally indefensible and dangerously disconnected from the daily struggles of ordinary South Africans.
By Johnathan Paoli
Limpopo Impala Cricket (LIC) ushered in a new generation of provincial cricketing talent as dozens of the province’s most promising young...
Astro-tourism is a niche form of tourism where visitors explore the night sky through stargazing events, guided tours, educational presentations and digital astronomy experiences. Unlike mass tourism, astro-tourism focuses on learning rather than just sightseeing.
For decades, South Africa has grappled with an education system that seems to promise much but deliver little. Despite commendable reforms and bursts of innovation, the country’s schools remain unequal, under-resourced, and often poorly governed. The result is a crisis that goes far deeper than declining mathematics enrolments or underperforming universities: it is a crisis of national competence.
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has intervened at the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), meeting the institution’s council and management amid renewed governance and leadership instability following the end of its administration period.
Education authorities and opposition politicians have urged public schools not to withhold report cards over unpaid school fees, after complaints that some pupils ended the 2025 academic year without knowing whether they had progressed to the next grade.
