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Media mogul Iqbal Survé. (Lerato Maduna/Gallo)

Iqbal Surve dumps UCT over ‘lip service’

The Independent Media boss cites "jobs for pals" and lack of change in his resignation letter from various University of Cape Town bodies.

Throwing the book: The Western Cape High Court is to decide on an application to submit the government to supervision in

Education’s legal fires ‘need dousing’

In an unusual case, activists want the government to be legally bound to extensive education reforms.

The gazette follows an announcement made by the department on Thursday that only three grades would return to school on Monday July 6.

Civil society exposes government’s chronic denialism

So heavily has the government’s thumb been pressing its "spin at all costs" button it’s become too easy to lose sight of the human realities at stake

Spear Blade: The minister chose to march rather than attend a meeting on the future of the Central University of Technology.

Bunking Blade bust

Instead of attending a critical meeting of a university he put under administration, he took to the streets in support of the president.

Angie Motshekga. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)

Textbooks crisis: Damning report fails Motshekga

New data expose the staggering inequities in state schooling, putting Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s own performance squarely on the line.

Angie Motshekga. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)

Denial an ‘other force’ to be reckoned with

School workbooks now introduce another steaming pile of tender-related questions in this debacle, writes David Macfarlane.

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.

Heavy-handed Nzimande prepares to face-off against CUT

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is on a collision course with CUT management after putting the university under administration.

Universities must be wary of giving up their strengths for the sake of ‘radical transformation’

Universities in firing line must explain to Nzimande

Nzimande has been advised to place two universities under administration but has given their councils the opportunity to explain themselves first.

Matric students celebrate after collecting results.

The standards that matter

Children are unlikely to excel in schools that are falling to pieces.

Blade’s promises are educational

Blade’s promises are educational

The minister’s budget-vote speech traversed competing priorities.

Blade’s budget blues: Universities to bear the brunt

Blade’s budget blues: Universities to bear the brunt

Parliament’s discussion about the financing of SA’s universities and skills development sector begs the question: What is at stake? The answer: A lot.

Blade puts CUT’s finances under the microscope

Blade puts CUT’s finances under the microscope

The Central University of Technology has found itself at the centre of an independent assessment into claims of financial abuse and mismanagement.

Report reveals ‘squalid’ student accommodation in SA

Report reveals ‘squalid’ student accommodation in SA

A devastating report released by Minister Blade Nzimande has revealed the inadequate accommodation SA universities provide for many of its students.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Education outlay supports access over success

Pravin Gordhan sticks to his guns and gives education the biggest portion of the national budget.

Nzimande juggles another governance crisis

Nzimande juggles another governance crisis

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is looking into another governance crisis — this time at the Central University of Technology.

Blade appoints governance assessor to VUT

Blade appoints governance assessor to VUT

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has appointed an assessor to investigate various issues at the crisis-ridden Vaal University of Technology.

Blade’s green paper cuts to the education core

Blade’s green paper cuts to the education core

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s new policy document offers an unflinchingly thorough analysis of SA’s training needs, but is it enough?

Will Blade’s Mr Fixit rescue varsity?

Will Blade’s Mr Fixit rescue varsity?

Questions are being asked over the experience of the newly-appointed Walter Sisulu administrators.

Parliament gets an F for oversight

Parliament gets an F for oversight

A damning report on basic education spending queries the adequacy of the state’s watchdog committees.

Blade: Alliance leaders ‘buying votes with blood money’

‘Urgent action needed’ at Walter Sisulu University

Walter Sisulu University is sinking further into crisis as staff and students appeal for immediate intervention by minister Blade Nzimande.