Students at South African universities have to deal with a disturbing reality. They face the threat of violent crime, in particular gender-based violence. They also battle with substandard infrastructure – some of it life threatening. And institutions aren’t ready to respond.
The Kay Motsepe Schools Championship concluded its 2025 football tournament at the Giant Stadium in Soshanguve over the weekend, with three teams walking away with R5 million that included cash and infrastructure upgrades.
Learners from Ndamase Senior Secondary School in the Eastern Cape and Kopanong Senior Secondary School in Mpumalanga have been named joint winners of South Africa’s 14th Annual National Schools Moot Court Competition.
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has declared the province fully ready to administer the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations and to begin placing learners for the 2026 academic year.
Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela said on Saturday that the violent incidents at the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape, were acts of criminality, not protest.
South Africa’s young people have called on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to move “beyond consultation into coordinated action” during a national dialogue aimed at shaping a shared vision for the country’s future.
Online learning in undergraduate and postgraduate education is ubiquitous the world over, but questions remain about whether it can effectively teach the transferable skills that are so important in a dynamic job market.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have called for an urgent multi-stakeholder meeting to address what the party describes as a “catastrophic and escalating crisis” at the University of Fort Hare (UFH), where violent student protests have plunged the institution into turmoil and forced the suspension of all academic activities.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has pledged to introduce measures aimed at reducing teachers’ administrative workloads, allowing them to focus more on their core mandate of teaching and ensuring their energy is not diverted to non-instructional duties.
South Africa’s first creative academy, the Media City Academy (MCA), based in Randburg, will officially open its doors in February 2026, launching a fully accredited tertiary institution for the creative industries under SAQA and MICT SETA.
