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Basic Education Director-General Mathanzima Mweli has dismissed claims of tension between him and Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube, insisting that differences over the contested Foundation Phase textbook catalogue have been wrongly portrayed as a personal battle between the department's two most senior officials.
The U20 national team, Amajita, moved closer to securing a place in the COSAFA U20 semi-finals after beating Angola 2-0 in their second Group B match in Mozambique on Monday.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has reported an increase in rescue activity along parts of South Africa’s coastline as warmer weather and the start of the school holidays draw more people to beaches and other waterways.
A donation of 500 pairs of school shoes to learners in Mpumalanga is aimed at removing basic barriers to school attendance and participation, the provincial education department said on Monday.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has told South Africans to look beyond the political disputes and crises of the day and focus on reforms that can protect the country’s future by improving what education makes possible for every child.
Gauteng has intensified its crackdown on illegally operating independent schools, with 32 schools served with closure letters since the beginning of the year and two school directors arrested.
Three University of Johannesburg (UJ) researchers have been recognised at the 2026 National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards, with Professor John Maina receiving his fourth A-rating and two emerging scholars honoured for research excellence.
Durban University of Technology (DUT) has finalised the allocation of a R1.15 million Motsepe Foundation donation to students burdened by historical debt, months after the funding was provided to the SRC.
Gauteng has 405,627 available school places for the 2027 academic year, but the province says a mismatch between where capacity exists and where families want their children to attend is fuelling overcrowding at popular schools.
