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As KwaZulu-Natal education officials prepare to manage more than 25,000 candidates for the 2026 mid-year exams, the focus is on more than just security. Mental health advocates are encouraging familie…

As KwaZulu-Natal education officials prepare to manage more than 25,000 candidates for the 2026 mid-year exams, the focus is on more than just security.

Nkwamabzi Primary School was once a school defined by what it lacked: water, food and resources. Today, it is defined by what it grows. Principal Zakhele Xulu put down the chalk and picked up a spade,…

After an urgent intervention by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, the eviction of 172 mental healthcare users from Johannesburg’s Talisman Foundation has been halted for 90 days.…

From R9,500 commercialisation conferences to millions of livestream views, school sport is increasingly being drawn into a professionalised, high-pressure economy. Coaches, psychologists and parents s…

From R9,500 commercialisation conferences to millions of livestream views, school sport is increasingly being drawn into a professionalised, high-pressure economy.

Following a last-minute decision to freeze school textbook budgets just days before a statutory deadline, the Free State Department of Education has strongly defended its centralised takeover, citing …

Following a series of articles by Maverick Citizen, the SIU has finalised a R25-million asset recovery from a network of contractors linked to the Gauteng Department of Education’s irregular R431-mill…

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube used her 2026/27 budget vote to announce a corruption probe into textbook procurement, a clampdown on failing provinces, and a fundamental shift away from the n…

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube used her 2026/27 budget vote to announce a corruption probe into textbook procurement, a clampdown on failing