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Lack of quality education

Lack of toilets at Limpopo schools a reality and indefinite future

13th April 2025 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

The government has again failed to reach the deadline to eradicate pit latrines at schools.

Pit toilets replaced by substandard ‘improved’ pit toilets in EC schools

10th February 2025 Chwayita Dinginto 0

The ventilated improved pit latrines built in Eastern Cape schools do not meet safety standards.

Pit toilets in schools a constant worry for Limpopo parents

23rd July 2024 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

Defying court orders and self-imposed deadlines, the Limpopo education department has failed to eradicate pit toilets at schools in the province.

Lwandisa school community lose hope government will fix their school

27th February 2024 Anele Mbi 0

Learners at Lwandisa complain that classes have been combined in the classrooms that are still usable, leading to overcrowding.

The disintegrating classrooms of King William’s Town school

13th September 2023 Anele Mbi 0

Half of the school’s prefab buildings are dilapidated, with rats and bees resident and the wind passing through.

South African education among world’s worst

19th May 2023 Mzi Velapi Asive Mabula 0

Education minister belabours the impact of Covid-19 on learning and teaching amid dismal literacy scores.

Dilapidated schools impair teaching and learning in the Eastern Cape

19th April 2023 Anele Mbi 0

According to the department of education in the Eastern Cape, the improvement of facilities at almost half of the schools in the province is delayed while about a fifth have no electricity.

Late learners battle to get placed in school

9th March 2023 Lihle Krwala 0

The department says it is doing its best to place learners who applied late.

Khayelitsha school aims for 90% in physical science

14th February 2023 Lihle Krwala 0

The Grade 12 learners at the school this year say they are feeling the pressure to beat the 70% pass rate achieved by the class of 2022.

Teachers in KZN turn to Zikalala for help

18th August 2021 Nokulunga Majola 0

Sadtu says there is a shortage of more than 2,000 teachers in KwaZulu-Natal.

Shortage of teachers plagues EC schools

26th February 2021 Lilita Gcwabe 0

While some schools in the Eastern Cape may have sufficient teachers, they may not have a library or laboratory – like Gcinubuzwe Combined School in Jansenville.

Eastern Cape schools not ready to start the year

16th February 2021 Lilita Gcwabe 0

Reports by Sadtu regions in the EC add to concerns raised by members of parliament over the state of readiness of schools to re-open in the province.

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