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Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko on Wednesday commended Tokelo Secondary School in Evaton, Sedibeng, for improving its matric pass rate from 65% in 2024 to 85% in 2025.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday demanded urgent reforms to South Africa’s scholar transport system following the deaths of 12 pupils in a devastating crash on Monday, warning that government and society “cannot let this tragedy just pass”.

A chilling clip, now circulating widely online, shows what many social media users are calling clear negligence and reckless driving by the minibus taxi driver involved in a crash that killed a dozen schoolchildren near Vanderbijlpark, south of Johannesburg.

The assault case against six Milnerton High School learners who are not minors was postponed to March on Tuesday to allow prosecutors to finalise outstanding investigations, the National Prosecuting Authority said.

South Africa’s early learning crisis will not be fixed in primary schools alone but in the universities that train foundation phase teachers, Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela said on Tuesday, directly reinforcing concerns raised earlier by Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube.

Even when rural students graduate, many describe feeling they have survived higher education rather than thrived in it.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has called for a review of the current scholar transport system, citing loopholes and minimal government control as dangerous, and urging stronger, centralised state intervention.

The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) achieved a 100% pass rate in the 2025 NSC exams, extending a multi-year record of academic performance and highlighting the role of a holistic, trauma-informed education model for learners from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Build One South Africa (BOSA) on Tuesday urged the government to launch a nationwide inquiry into the country’s scholar transport system after the deaths of 14 learners in a crash near Vanderbijlpark on Monday.  

By Thapelo Molefe South Africa’s failure to get children reading and counting in the early years amounts to a “national emergency” that threatens the country’s...