One pupil was injured when a scholar transport bus burst into flame on its way to school in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, on Thursday morning.

The South African Human Rights Commission has praised schools in Gauteng, the Eastern Cape and Limpopo for taking in undocumented children, including migrants and refugees, despite limited resources.

The University of Cape Town’s student representative council and students took to the streets on Tuesday morning after reports of alleged sexual assault and harassment involving a resident at Forest Hill residence.

A public database of accredited schools and providers is available online for parents who want to confirm registration.

The department of basic education is set to roll out language-specific strategies to tackle the growing reading crisis among pupils in grades 1 to 3.

The Gauteng education department has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of a former finance clerk at Laerskool Akasia for fraud and theft.

Department defends exam rigour amid pupils’ outcry

The 2025 national senior certificate exams are at the halfway mark, and the basic education department reports the exams are progressing smoothly around the country.

The Gauteng education department has warned parents to beware of scammers claiming they can secure school placements for the 2026 academic year in exchange for money.

Parents and community members in Nduli, Ceres, in the Western Cape, have taken to the streets after pupils at Nduli Primary School stopped attending classes for three weeks because of poor infrastructure and overcrowding.