The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), the country’s largest vehicle for funding poor and working-class students, has been placed under administration following a prolonged governance and operational crisis…

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Mail & Guardian Education·higher-ed

Universities must confront the shadow of institutional capture

South Africa’s public universities are facing a governance challenge that can no longer be brushed aside as isolated campus drama. The spectre of “institutional capture”, where governance processes, decision-making and…

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Mail & Guardian Education·higher-ed

Comrade, scholar, cadre: A letter of respect to Sakhela Buhlungu

Molo Qabane (Dear Comrade) Our first meeting took place at the Workers’ Museum and Library in Newtown in 2000. Together with other comrades, we were engaged in the struggle to defend and advance the history and heritage…

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Mail & Guardian Education·policy

Overcrowding, infrastructure failures and school safety dominate Gauteng education MEC’s agenda — but deeper structural pressures remain unresolved

MEC Lebogang Maile ’s State of Education briefing in Bryanston, Fourways, landed at a moment when Gauteng’s schooling system is under intense strain from rapid population growth, infrastructure decay and recurring…

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Mail & Guardian Education·higher-ed

Fort Hare council split deepens after VC’s suspension

The governance battle triggered by the precautionary suspension of Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, the vice-chancellor of the University of Fort Hare (UFH), has escalated after two sitting council members warned colleagues…

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Mail & Guardian Education·higher-ed

‘Mr President, you failed me’ – University of Fort Hare corruption fallout reaches Ramaphosa

University of Fort Hare (UFH) vice-chancellor professor Sakhela Buhlungu is facing disciplinary action after being suspended by the institution’s council this week, in a development that comes after years of efforts to…

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Mail & Guardian Education·higher-ed

University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor placed on precautionary suspension pending disciplinary process

The University of Fort Hare (UFH) council has placed vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu on precautionary suspension with full pay, pending the outcome of a disciplinary process arising from the findings of a…

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Mail & Guardian Education·policy

Services SETA’s real estate transformation drive graduates 537 youth

A new generation of black property professionals officially stepped into the industry on Saturday as part of Services SETA’s ambitious drive to transform the real estate market in South Africa. A total of 537 young…

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Mail & Guardian Education·higher-ed

Top pupils get wings to help SA soar

At a time when South Africa faces persistent challenges in education, economic growth, public health, energy security and technological competitiveness, the country’s need for strong graduates in mathematics, physical…

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Mail & Guardian Education·edtech

Robotics lab launched in Mpumalanga school to boost digital skills in rural classrooms

In a classroom in Siyifunile Secondary School in Dullstroom, Mpumalanga, pupils will soon be learning how to build and programme robots — part of a new initiative aimed at bringing coding and digital skills to rural…

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Mail & Guardian Education·policy

Forensic probe finds leadership failures at Roedean School as board chair resigns

An independent forensic investigation into Roedean School’s cancelled 3 February tennis fixture has found leadership failures and procedural lapses at the centre of the breakdown that led to the forfeiture of the match…

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NSFAS placed under administration amid governance and audit collapse

Universities must confront the shadow of institutional capture

Comrade, scholar, cadre: A letter of respect to Sakhela Buhlungu

Overcrowding, infrastructure failures and school safety dominate Gauteng education MEC’s agenda — but deeper structural pressures remain unresolved

Fort Hare council split deepens after VC’s suspension

‘Mr President, you failed me’ – University of Fort Hare corruption fallout reaches Ramaphosa

University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor placed on precautionary suspension pending disciplinary process

Services SETA’s real estate transformation drive graduates 537 youth

Top pupils get wings to help SA soar

Robotics lab launched in Mpumalanga school to boost digital skills in rural classrooms

Forensic probe finds leadership failures at Roedean School as board chair resigns

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