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)...
There are some conflicting claims between EFF and Higher Education
The EFF Student Command (EFFSC) met with the department of higher education and training (DHET) on Monday, and released a statement which made several...
“Free education is possible, but implementing it in four weeks is...
President Jacob Zuma’s announcement of free education for the poor came as a shock to many South Africans. Some political analysts in particular interpreted...
#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
Fees Commission report calls for removal of application and registration fees
The Fees Commission report found that while fee-free education across the board is fiscally irresponsible, doing away with application and registration fees isn’t.
South Africans...
#Riding4SAEducation aims to raise funds for impoverished learners
Salaam Foundation, which is the humanitarian wing of Salaamedia, - an online humanitarian journalism portal - is going to be embarking on a 3,...
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...
Children block main road in Kenya to protest their school’s demolition
Land disputes and a lack of schooling infrastructure have led primary school pupils in Kenya to disrupt Nairobi’s traffic. We’ve come a long way...
In defence of fallism: A response to #FeesMustFall critics
In an article published recently on The Daily Vox, Ebrahim Fakir and Ayesha Soni posed some serious challenges to the #FeesMustFall (FMF) movement, and...
The seven levels of procrastination we all know too well
It's exam season for campuses around South Africa and the struggle is real. It's a time of high pressure, stress and the need to...
This ex-convict needs help to keep vulnerable young people out of...
Bennett Mahlangu is a 41-year-old ex-convict from Vlakfontein, in the south of Johannesburg. Mahlangu was arrested when he was 18 for murder and housebreaking...
Modern day superwomen: students who are mothers too
Being a student is stressful enough with lectures, assignments, exams and generally finding yourself. But some women play the role of both student and...
Pietermaritzburg Girls High: codes of conduct won’t fix entrenched racism
Monday’s social media storm around racism at Pietermaritzburg Girls High School, where a white pupil allegedly used the k-word to describe black pupils, is...
Lights, camera, robbery! Five ways journos can do their jobs safely
You would think that bright lights and a news crew filming live would be enough to ward off any robbers with bad intentions. But...
Beyond FMF: #PostGradStruggles
South Africa’s higher education sector has been rocked over the last two years as the Fees Must Fall protests at universities, colleges and technikons...
Disappointed but not surprised: the shortcomings of the Fees Commission report
The Fees Must Fall movement emerged in 2015 through university students who felt that higher education was an inalienable right no one should pay...
Nozizwe Cynthia Jele On Fixing South Africa’s Weak Reading Culture
"The writing happened much later in life but the reading has always been part of who I am," South African writer Nozizwe Cynthia Jele...
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...
QUIZ: Are you smarter than a six-year-old?
A group of grade R pupils from Elijah Mgijima Primary School in Alice, Eastern Cape, lit up social media this week  with their knowledge...
Zuma’s free education plan will dump the costs onto academics
President Zuma dropped the bomb of all bombs on the FeesMustFall question on Saturday, declaring free and state-subsidised tertiary education. While the decision has...
