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By Charmaine Ndlela
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Yusuf Cassim has vowed to follow up on thousands of student complaints received through his...
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has opened applications for the 2027 academic year, with the scheme now back under board-led governance following the suspension of administrator Professor Hlengani Mathebula’s appointment by the Gauteng High Court.
A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a classroom at an Eastern Cape school after his family had transferred him in the hope of protecting him from violence.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande has warned that artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies could usher in new forms of colonialism in Africa unless their development is governed by an ethical framework.
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) says its engagements with the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) over the appointment of accounting authority members at Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) are still ongoing and that no final audit conclusions have been reached.
The Gauteng government says it has invested more than R2 billion in social infrastructure projects during the 2026/27 financial year, with five long-delayed schools now completed as part of efforts to improve education infrastructure across the province.
The Soshanguve Engineering School of Specialisation has partnered with the Shoprite Foundation to launch a practical agriculture project aimed at equipping students with essential farming and sustainability skills.
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has been ranked number one in South Africa in 10 academic subjects in the latest ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), with eight of those subjects also taking the top spot in Africa.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the Eastern Cape has criticised the provincial departments of Education and Transport over a scholar transport crisis that has left more than 200 learners at home for more than two weeks.
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and National Empowerment Fund (NEF) have committed an initial R100 million to a National Youth Fund aimed at expanding finance for youth-owned businesses as unemployment among young South Africans remains at crisis levels.
