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South Africa's largest teachers' union has condemned some schools for barring underperforming students from sitting final-year exams, ostensibly in an effort to inflate pass rates.

The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Student Representative Council (SRC) has launched its 2026 SRC Trust Fund fundraising campaign aimed at assisting students who are unable to pay their registration fees for the 2026 academic year.

Director-General Mathanzima Mweli said the NSC depended on the integrity and ethical discipline of markers.

An interdisciplinary approach enhances critical thinking and fosters innovation.

The institutions will be allowed to make representations before a final decision is taken.

Reforms must be shaped with students, not imposed on them, according to the minister.

The Pretoria High Court has dismissed the Information Regulator’s urgent bid to halt the release of the 2025 matric results, striking the application from the roll with costs in a judgment delivered on Friday.

Mobile operator Cell C has donated two new digital labs at Gamagara High School in the Northern Cape and Kagisho Combined School in the Free State.

The Department of Basic Education has launched an investigation into a breach that gave about 26 pupils prior access to 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam papers.

The acting national commissioner of correctional services, Tlabo Thokolo, on Wednesday hailed rehabilitation and partnerships with sporting bodies as he marked the graduation of a second cohort of female offenders from Johannesburg Female Correctional Facility.