Sunday Times/Nal'ibali Storytime launched

The Sunday Times, in partnership with PRAESA (The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa), has launched the new Sunday Times Nal'ibali Storybook. 17 May 2013 10:31

Technology versus teachers

Globally, 1.7 million teachers are needed in order to provide every child with primary education by 2015. In South Africa, 25,000 new teachers are needed annually. It may be tempting to look to technology to fill this gap, but according to Masennya Dikotla, CEO of the Molteno Institute of Language and Literacy, this would be both impossible and disastrous for education. 15 May 2013 10:32

Top Gear challenges schools to build an F1 car

The Top Gear Festival endeavours to give back to the community in South Africa and has launched a number of initiatives to help students get into motoring and engineering. In 2013, a new partnership with F1 in Schools promises to build upon the success of last year's work. 13 May 2013 10:12

Sad state of written communications

[Marion Scher] This week saw one of those 'classic' stories in the South African media. It was a sad tale of a question paper set for Grade 7 pupils by the Mpumalanga Department of Education's Nkangala District. 10 May 2013 08:47

Jobs lost, jobs found - what's true?

[Paul Vecchiatto] Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says it is government's economic policy to create jobs and that the country has experienced a net gain of 199‚000 jobs over the past year. This follows Statistics SA's announcement that 100,000 more people where unemployed in the first quarter of this year. 8 May 2013 09:58

Free State educator slams SADTU at Thought Leaders' Breakfast

University of the Free State rector and vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen, while highlighting the importance of education to Western Cape business leaders at a recent Accelerate Cape Town Thought Leaders' Breakfast, slammed SADTU's ongoing strikes and go-slow that has affected schools across the country. 6 May 2013 16:27

Motshekga welcomes education report

PRETORIA: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has welcomed the National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) report, which highlights the state of education in the lower grades. 3 May 2013 08:27

GKIM launches educational app

GKIM, founded by creative Graham Kelly and technologist Ian Morrison, has earned plaudits and extensive media coverage for two new educational and gaming apps. 30 Apr 2013 09:33

Stringent measures to achieve clean audit

Government has reiterated its commitment to fight against corruption and improve the audit status of Government Departments. 29 Apr 2013 11:06

Zuma tells South Africans to be proud

[Chris Bathembu] President Jacob Zuma began his major Freedom Day speech on Saturday by telling South Africans to look back with pride as a nation because the struggle for national liberation achieved its primary purpose. 29 Apr 2013 10:25

'Born frees' share their views on freedom

[Chris Bathembu] Tsholofelo Tau, born on 29 April 1994, will be exactly 20 years next year and will be eligible to vote for the first time in the general elections. 29 Apr 2013 10:19

School governing bodies condemn Sadtu protest

PRETORIA: School governing bodies condemned the recent marches by the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu), saying the action is not in the best interest of education. 25 Apr 2013 07:53

Hippo donates all billboards for underprivileged kids

Hippo.co.za is the latest in a line of socially concerned corporates to start recycling used and expired billboard faces for a good cause. 23 Apr 2013 06:54

Gauteng schools receive applications for next year

PRETORIA: The Gauteng Department of Education says it is encouraged by the enthusiasm shown by parents in applying early for the 2014 school year. 18 Apr 2013 08:30