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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address.

Parties demand answers over Iran role in a SANDF naval exercise

The Democratic Alliance and ActionSA have called for a formal investigation after Defence Minister Angie Motshekga confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa had issued…

Iran has been under intensified scrutiny over its response to protests. (Screenshot: Al Jazeera)

South Africa urges restraint and dialogue in Iran conflict

The presidency said sustainable peace and stability could only be achieved through solutions that centred on the agency of the Iranian people

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga

Angie Motshekga: Defence and Military Veteran

SCORE: F The year 2025 was a baptism of fire for Motshekga, one of the worst performing ministers in the government of national unity. After South African soldiers were sent on…

Basic education minister, Siviwe Gwarube. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo)

‘Aspects’ of Bela Bill will be implemented when signed into law, says education minister

Siwive Gwarube’s political party, the Democratic Alliance, has previously described the Bill as a threat to the autonomy of schools

France celebrates Bastille Day

French economic presence in South Africa is solid, with nearly 500 companies representing more than 65 000 direct jobs

Struggle: Schoolchildren often cannot go to school when roads and buildings have been damaged. Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

Report: Schools unprepared for climate crisis

Learners have been adversely affected by damage to schools from extreme weather events such as floods

Equal Education has criticised last week’s medium term budget policy statement for what it said was a failure to provide adequate funding to the education sector

Education department will hire temps to fill 31 000 teacher vacancies

The Centre for Development and Enterprise has estimated that South Africa will need 456,000 teachers by 2025 for the country to offer quality education

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Grade 9 certificate to be rolled out at 1000 schools, but shouldn’t be seen as ‘exit option’

The general education certificate will recognise learner achievements at the end of the compulsory schooling phase

Lithuanian Ambassador Rasa Jankauskaite delivers an address at Sammy Marks Museum.

Lithuania celebrates 34 years of independence 

On 11 March 1990, 50 years of Soviet occupation came to an end

Former ANC president Thabo Mbeki. Photo: Nicolene Olckers/Gallo Images

UPDATED: Mbeki provisionally okays inclusion of corruption-accused in ANC elections list, to meet IEC deadline

Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe had to leave the national executive committee meeting where only five NEC members supported the adoption of the integrity commission report

NC national executive committee (NEC) members Zweli Mkhize and Bathabile Dlamini have made it into the list of party leaders destined for parliament, despite being implicated in corruption.

Tainted ANC leaders Zweli Mkhize, Gwede Mantashe, Bathabile Dlamini, Zandile Gumede top its parliamentary list

ANC leaders including Pravin Gordhan, Angie Motsekga and Lindiwe Zulu have been left off the list

Among other things, the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill calls for grade R to be compulsory school-starting age

Equal Education calls for swift adoption of Bela bill

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Another year, another tussle over ‘real’ matric pass rate

This comes as the department of basic education says that although there are challenges, public education is ‘thriving’

Basic education minister, Angie Motshekga. Photo supplied

Matric class of 2023 bags 82.9% pass rate

The class of 2023 has obtained the second-highest results in the history of the NSC, according to the basic education department

Back to basics: Ndevana High School in rural Eastern Cape, like many schools, particularly in rural South Africa, has inadequate facilities. Photo by: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

Department of Education

Bold strides have been made in unravelling apartheid’s systems of education but there is still a lot to be done to achieve equality

A survey found only 32% of adults in South Africa read books regularly.

Only 32% of adults read books regularly, survey finds

Education Minister urges parents to ensure their children have books to read

South African education and employment NGO youth@WORK says tools to improve literacy rates are available and hold the key to alleviating the burden on the country’s education system.
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NGO youth@work launches tool to tackle literacy crisis in South Africa schools

This comes after a 2021 study showed that only 19% of grade four pupils could read for meaning in any language

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been looking into alleged corruption in the R2.4  billion KwaZulu-Natal school nutrition programme debacle since February. (Fani Mahuntsi)

KwaZulu-Natal school feeding scandal: Special Investigation Unit steps in

The KwaZulu-Natal education department has delayed handing over tender documents to the Special Investigating Unit

Over the years, the government has emphasised the narrative that our education system is improving based on the annual matric pass rates.
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Class of 2022 records 80.1% pass rate

Second highest rate in history of the National Senior Certificate exams and all provinces saw an improvement, with none scoring below 70%

President Cyril Ramaphosa is off to the United Kingdom, the first head of state to officially visit King Charles III since his installation as the British monarch in September this year, and needed a stand in while he was gone. Photo: Supplied

Autopilot Angie runs the shop as Ramaphosa jets off on a UK state visit

There is no taste of presidential power for presidential hopefuls Lindiwe Sisulu or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma — now or in December