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The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) in the North West has warned that it could mobilise its members for collective action if ongoing engagements with the provincial education department fail to resolve a range of longstanding labour and education challenges affecting schools and employees.
Tributes have poured in for the vice-chancellor and principal of Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU), Professor Tandi Matsha-Erasmus, following her death this week, with Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela describing her passing as a significant loss to South Africa's higher education sector.
Schools across Gauteng are struggling to keep the lights on, maintain water supply and sustain basic services as education funding fails to keep pace with rising municipal tariffs, according to the DA.
Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga has said that education, training and support for youth-led enterprises must be linked to growing sectors and the practicalities of employment.
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has joined iStore Education and iSchoolAfrica for the launch of the iSchoolAfrica Coding and Robotics Centre at Igugu Primary School in Soweto, calling for equal access to 4th Industrial Revolution tools across the country.
Gaps between education and employment are leaving many young South Africans struggling to enter the labour market, Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli said on Tuesday, warning that the current system is failing to provide clear pathways into work.
Too many learners are exiting South Africa’s education system without the foundational skills or clear routes into further education, employment or entrepreneurship, Inside Education Foundation chairperson Matuma Letsoalo said as the National Education Summit 2026 got under way in Sandton on Monday.
Education stakeholders from across South Africa have gathered in Sandton on Monday for the National Education Summit 2026, a high-level platform aimed at strengthening the country’s education system and aligning it with economic demands.
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has called for a fundamental shift in how African universities approach equity, warning that access alone does not guarantee true transformation.
