#FeesCommission report: How TVETs win
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions are the biggest winners according to the recommendations of the Fees Commission report. Universities will not...
Amendments to basic education law not “school captureâ€
The department of basic education (DBE) has been accused of trying to “capture schools†after proposing an amendment to basic education laws. Among other...
Discipline in schools: what the law says you can and can’t...
There are various ways learners ought to be disciplined in schools, and corporal punishment is not one of them, having been banned since 1997....
How schools are failing pupils when they don’t report sexual violence
Schools are failing at preventing and dealing with sexual assault that happens on school property, according to Sheena Swemmer, a gender researcher at the...
Dismissed student teachers suspicious of ‘untrustworthy’ education NPO
A group of teaching students in Cape Town are accusing education non-profit organisation (NPO) Numeric of exaggerating its relationship with the department of basic...
“Nothing less than free education†– Student leaders on leaked fees...
Some Student Representative Councils (SRCs) have decided to wait till the president releases the Fees Commission report rather that relying on the leak.
On Sunday,...
UFS withdraws private security, CPUT justifies it, and UCT heads to...
#FeesMustFall protests continued at the University of the Free State (UFS), University of Cape Town (UCT), and Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). While...
Why now is the time for #FeesMustFall 2017
The Fees Must Fall movement would do itself and the country a great service to derive inspiration, in these unpredictable times, from the Latin...
HETN urges Zuma to release Fees Commission, condemns 2018 fee increases
The Higher Education Transformation Network (HETN) has urged President Jacob Zuma to release the Fees Commission report. The HETN also rejects unilateral fee increments...
#MaritzburgCollege: ‘EFF protest’ didn’t contravene law banning party-political activities in schools...
*Editors' note: This story has been updated with a recent comment by Julius Malema
How the hypermasculinity of Model C schools entrenches homophobia
Ours is one of the few African countries that acknowledges different gender and sexual identities, but we’re still far from an accepting society. Schools,...
UFH students: We want our money
Students and staff at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) Alice campus were instructed to vacate the campus until further notice this week, after...
NMU remains shut down amid security concerns
Students at Nelson Mandela University (NMU) shut down both the south and north campuses on Tuesday in protest over poor campus security. The shutdown...
Vodacom makes access to university websites free for staff and students
Good news for students and staff of universities in South Africa. If you’re a Vodacom subscriber, you can access online university portals for free....
Centro Infantil Nhelety: Mozambique’s early childhood success story
Last week, Unicef held a five-day workshop on early childhood development (ECD) in Mozambique. Pre-school education experts visited nine schools in Maputo province to...
Graduate student unions have a role to play in the battle...
As shrinking higher education budgets leave staff and precarious workers in a bitter battle to hold ground, we must make space for graduate student...
Saftu still awaiting permission for a November general strike
Cosatu embarked on a national strike on Wednesday to protest corruption and state capture. The recently formed South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu)...
‘Radical economic transformation has been hijacked by a corrupt faction’
On Tuesday, Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions, spoke at 'A Decent Standard of Living' conference organised by the...
University of Pretoria issues tender calling for private security on campus
The University of Pretoria (UP) is advertising a tender calling for the provision of “ad hoc crowd control services†on all campuses of the...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s young children are facing a developmental crisis
It's well established that when children have access to high quality early childhood development (ECD), they are more likely to break the cycle of...