education

KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka said his department had accepted findings by the Special Investigating Unit into an irregular R2.5 million contract for chemical toilets at schools, and that disciplinary proceedings would be implemented against the implicated employees.  

South Africa has entered a new phase in its higher-education reform effort, with the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) new recognition policy allowing private institutions that meet strict criteria to be formally designated as universities or university colleges.

Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube on Monday warned that failing to invest sufficiently in early childhood development would saddle the country with years of costly remedial work and squandered human potential, as she launched a new outcomes-based fund for early learning.

Investment in early learning is essential for cognitive and social development, and for the long-term economic resilience of nations.

By Charmaine Ndlela KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) education authorities have ordered an urgent investigation into allegations that teachers at Thubalethu Secondary School in Pinetown molested female pupils,...

By Johnathan Paoli The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has called for urgent empowerment of social workers, health workers, and caregivers to report cases of...

By Johnathan Paoli The Gauteng Education Department has moved to put contingency measures in place for matriculants affected by ongoing water outages and protest disruptions...

By Levy Masiteng  The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday launched a national investigation into rising cases of statutory rape and child pregnancies, saying provincial governments...

A grade 7 learner allegedly drugged the eight learners and an adult then raped them at gunpoint

By Janine Greenleaf Walker Interventions aimed at improving teacher education and development in South Africa  – particularly concerning the teaching of languages and mathematics – are...