Maverick News Minister Siviwe Gwarube looks to February Budget to avert basic education funding crisis 5 min 1 By Lisakanya Venna and Siyabonga Goni
Maverick News Education budget cuts — Gwarube targets graft, SOE bailouts, seeks urgent finance minister meeting 3 min 2 By Lisakanya Venna
Maverick News ‘The system is going to collapse’ – Union warns Western Cape over plans to slash 2,400 teaching posts 5 min 5 By Lisakanya Venna and Siyabonga Goni
South Africa Confronting Sadtu’s grip on education power will be make or break for Gwarube – and Sadtu 4 min 2 By Linda Chisholm
Maverick Citizen Western Cape Education Department strives to place 2,500+ learners as new school year begins 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Maverick News Gauteng to deploy armed guards at high-risk schools in response to alarming violence, gangsterism and bullying 4 min 3 By Bheki C. Simelane
Business Maverick Government and public sector trade unions on the verge of sealing 7.5% pay rise deal 3 min 3 By Ray Mahlaka
Business Maverick Government proposes below consumer inflation pay rise for public servants 3 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
South Africa We must fix early learning if we want to fix education — and abandon populist talk of corporal punishment 6 min 0 By Terry and Barbara Bell
DM168 Ready to retire, but not nearly finished yet: Meet the unsung heroes of South Africa - our teachers 9 min 0 By Michelle Banda
South Africa South Africa’s matric pass rate improves slightly to 76.4% despite ‘extremely difficult circumstances’ 3 min 4 By Victoria O’Regan
Maverick Citizen South Africa’s basic education needs a major revision in 2022 4 min 0 By Maryke Bailey
South Africa Covid-19: Unions should push harder for teachers to get vaccinated 2 min 0 By GroundUp Editors
DM168 Lessons from lockdown: South Africa’s education system is just another Covid-19 statistic 4 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
Maverick Citizen Two Eastern Cape teachers ‘stressed out and sick’ because they haven’t been paid since 2019 5 min 0 By Karabo Mafolo
South Africa Schools will reopen on 27 January, as planned, says Department of Basic Education 2 min 0 By Suné Payne
South Africa The staff shortage at schools has reached a crisis point, say unions 3 min 0 By Ayanda Mthethwa
