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Ramaphosa signs Bela Act into law, suspended clauses resolved after consultations

Bela Act clauses part of a ‘major revenge project against Afrikaans’ – DA’s Helen Zille

School placement for 2025: More than 19 000 applications rejected in Gauteng

‘Persistent challenge’: SA’s kids failing at maths and science – study

Language barriers in education affecting pupils’ performance, says Gwarube

‘These teachers must go’: Over 16 000 with criminal records still in classroom

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News Eastern Cape summer initiation season claims 20 boys’ lives

News City Power temporarily suspends load reduction until next year

South Africa Justice Department and NPA agree to collaborate on access to Zondo commission database

Courts Company director sentenced to five years in jail for defrauding Sars

Politics Ndlozi’s next move? MK party and academia may be a misfit

Education bodies must vet teachers

Your guide to school fees exemption and school fees debt collection

Gauteng department aims for 20 new schools by 2029, but ‘it is not enough’

News

Hawks probing R330m paid to ANC chaplain-general’s company just before wedding to education official

Matric

Without much incident? Issues that plagued this year’s matric exams

Dozens of Gauteng schools still contain asbestos years after deadline

Matric finals: Basic Education department distances itself from exam paper error

Your kid has a five-week festive season break: Here’s when schools close

Matric

Class of 2024: AfriForum demands matric results – in print and online

News

Here’s how Western Cape’s R1.2 billion IT tender was riddled with irregularities

Matric

Only R220 million of R3.6 billion matric exam cost goes to printing, says DBE

News

EFF says R2.6bn extra spent on printing matric exam papers promotes ‘white capital control’

Billion-rand bombshell: Private printing of matric papers ‘inflates cost by R2.6bn’

Here are some of the schools in SA hit by food poisoning in the last month [MAP]

Food poisoning: It’s up to parents to control what kids eat, not the school, says expert

Shortage of 250 000 places for Grade Rs, with as many as 33 pupils per teacher

‘No immediate plans to change 30% pass mark,’ says Basic Education Minister Gwarube

Pit toilets: Counting down the number of schools still using long drops

Matric Exams: ‘This is your moment to shine’, says Gwarube [VIDEO]

R6 million in salaries paid to ghost workers in Mpumalanga

Back to school in 2025: Big changes for SA’s school calendar – What to know

Shortage of matric exam markers in three subjects, says Umalusi

Crime

Teacher at top EC girls school suspended after post of sexual allegations goes viral

AfriForum urges DA and FF Plus to reconsider GNU over Bela Bill

SADTU vows to ‘fight’ for full implementation of Bela Bill [VIDEO]

Seven provinces will not be able to afford education budgets in 2028, says Gwarube