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UJ students gatecrash VC’s party

UJ students gatecrash VC’s party

Unresolved tensions between students and management at UJ erupted on Friday at the university’s launch of its Soweto campus.

‘Take the baton from Tutu’

‘Take the baton from Tutu’

An institute for race studies has been set up opposite the notorious Reitz residence on UFS, writes <b>Kamogelo Seekoei</b>.

Excluded learners take to the streets

Excluded learners take to the streets

Parents are furious as children continue to be denied places at schools, writes <b>Kamogelo Seekoei</b>.

Cloud over new student loan plans

Cloud over new student loan plans

Auditor general slams student financial aid scheme that will manage new R1,5-billion allocation.

Tertiary fee pledges a step towards free education

Neither the ANC nor the government has any time frame in mind for the implementation of the goal of free education.

‘Rural children just need a chance to be world beaters’

Trying to build a nation on second languages will destroy developmental goals and SA should strive for mother tongue education.

‘We too have a dream

‘We too have a dream,’ say UFS students

Diverse campus lifestyles in the US inspire Kovsies to become ‘cohorts of change’.

A school system designed to fail kids

Education and marginalisation was the major theme at the recent Public Participation in Education Network conference in Johannesburg.

‘Disabled at risk of dropping out’

Further research into the drop out rates of disabled children in South Africa is needed as these children and the youth are highly vulnerable.

Anomalies in Sexual Offences Act challenged

The Teddy Bear Clinic and Resources aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect filed papers to challenge anomalies in the Sexual Offences Act.

Schools cheat on fees

Schools cheat on fees

Parents kept in the dark about government policy on payments and exemptions.

Storm brews over destroyed matric scripts

The destruction of matric scripts in Cape Town has brought into focus what measures exist to compensate pupils when their scripts are lost.

Africa’s health up in smoke

Africa’s health up in smoke

The continent’s reliance on biomass has lethal results, report says.

A testing time…

A testing time…

Socioeconomic background makes all the difference when it comes to matric exams.

Green dream for Easter Cape

Rural development conference hears how the area can become South Africa’s bread basket.

Curricula failing students

Curricula failing students, says study

First-year maths and science students perform worse than their predecessors.

“No hope, no future” for SA pupils

Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi this week warned that there is ‘no hope and no future’ for many of South Africa’s learners.

Ministers clear the air on Medunsa

The ministers of health and higher education held a press briefing on Thursday to explain remarks by Julius Malema regarding Medunsa.

Pandemonium at Sadtu conference

Pandemonium at Sadtu conference

The congress of Cosatu’s teachers’ union, Sadtu, broke down in pandemonium on Thursday after delegates booed and heckled the ANC’s Gwede Mantashe.

‘We’re always neglected’

Community members attending the Annual Rural Development Conference at WSU say they always feel neglected by government — except at election time.