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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.
In a major boost to education in Hammanskraal, the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has unveiled Ratanang Primary School in Kanana, a state-of-the-art institution that promises to revolutionise learning for township children.
Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has welcomed the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) Council’s decision to institute an independent forensic investigation into allegations of a syndicate selling fraudulent degrees and registrations, a scandal the university allegedly failed to act on for more than a year.
The DA has accused the Gauteng Department of Education of endangering learners and teachers by cancelling professional school security contracts without conducting risk assessments.
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KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Sipho Hlomuka has been ordered by the Special Tribunal to initiate disciplinary proceedings against 16 officials implicated in...
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube on Monday thanked education district directors for steering schools through a demanding 2025 academic year, as South Africa’s education system juggles the finalisation of matric exam marking and preparations for 2026.
In a stunning upset, Zambia emerged victorious in both the boys' and girls' finals at the CAF African Schools Football Championship Qualifier South Africa 2025, held in Stellenbosch.
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has received the Vaal University of Technology’s (VUT) report on an alleged “degree-selling syndicate” at the institution, and will announce a way forward once he has reviewed it.
South Africa’s education quality councils have told learners and parents to verify institutions and qualifications before registering for post-school studies in 2026, saying that fraudulent and unaccredited providers intensify their marketing around the matric results period.
