Parliamentary exchanges over school sanitation erupted after oversight visits by MPs found pupils still using unsafe toilets and schools without reliable water, prompting a public dispute...
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has begun conducting lifestyle audits of senior officials and employees in high‑risk roles within the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has told Parliament it found that “only African and Coloured pupils” appeared on waiting lists collected from Western Cape schools,...
Allocated billions failing to reach front-line ECD centres, sector leaders say Despite sizable budget allocations for early childhood development (ECD), centres and practitioners report not receiving...
South Africans are being given more time to have their say on how the country’s story is told in classrooms. The Department of Basic Education has...
If you listened to the protests outside some public schools at the start of the 2026 academic year, you might believe South African children were being...
A political storm over school budgets is brewing in Gauteng, with the provincial education department taking a hardline stance against what it calls “false, misleading and...
It’s Almost Results Day: Here’s Exactly Where to Get Your 2025 Matric Results For more than a million South African families, January is never just another...
All Eyes on Monday as Minister Gwarube Prepares to Name Top Matric Achievers For thousands of South African households, Monday is shaping up to be one...
Bad news for matrics caught up in the 2025 exam leak For most matrics, January is meant to be about relief, celebration, and planning what comes...