Mountain robbery sparks police action
Additional security will be deployed to the Slangkop Mountain area after two women and a teen were robbed at gunpoint.
Cape schools vandalised during holidays
The WCED is expected to release details of the number of schools which had been targeted by vandals over the winter holiday.
‘Abused’ domestic worker loses job
A domestic worker believes she was retrenched because of legal action against her ex-employer's boyfriend.
Former Nedbank staff accused of duping clients
A former financial planner of Nedbank is charged with stealing more than R1. 47m from four clients over three years.
Safety holiday plan for schools
Nearly 200 high schools across the Western Cape will offer classes for pupils over the winter holidays, which start tomorrow.
Court fight over state’s education ‘failure’
It is the state’s obligation to educate all children until they are literate and numerate, say applicants in a court case.
Children still face violence at school
One in every five children have experienced violence, corporal punishment or verbal abuse while at school
Badat explains why he decided against UWC
Saleem Badat has removed himself from the running for University of the Western Cape (UWC) vice-chancellor.
School fight between pupils and parents
Schooling was disrupted at a Cape Town school after a fight between pupils and parents led to teachers refusing to return to class.
DA denies Nehawu’s ‘neglect’ charge
The Western Cape provincial education ministry has hit back at critics of its recent matric results, particularly in poorer communities.
3000 get ‘free ride’ to matric 2014
Principals say the 3000 teens who are being pushed into Grade 12 - in line with national policy - are being set up to fail.
Schools take minister to court
A group of school principals is taking the minister of basic education and all nine MECs for education to court.
Dawn of the Robo sapien?
The first person to reach the age of 1 000 has already been born, says expert.
Cape Town man shot dead by intruders
A Capri resident was shot dead in the driveway of his home by two unknown men as his wife watched.
Education system damaging pupils – rector
The education system is damaging millions of youngsters, says Brian O’Connell, UWC’s outgoing rector.
Manenberg schools close because of violence
Schools in Manenberg are to be closed today and tomorrow as educators discuss safety issues with provincial government officials.
Joy as judges reject closure of schools
Shouts of joy rang out on the steps of the Western Cape High Court yesterday when it emerged that Education MEC Donald Grant's decision to close 17 schools had been ...
Judges’ stern rebuke to Grant
The Western Cape government had failed in its obligation to consult the public on the closure of schools, a majority of the Western Cape High Court has found.
2014 school places snapped up
Popular schools across Cape Town are already full for next year, having received hundreds more applications than the number of places available.
Third language at schools welcomed
A plan for all pupils to learn a third, African, language has been welcomed by linguistic academics.
MEC slams pupils’ school time protest
It is disgraceful that pupils from South Peninsula High protested outside court instead of learning in their classrooms, says Donald Grant.
Cape school drops out of court battle
One of the schools at the centre of the school closures court battle has withdrawn from the case, opting to rather close its doors.
‘I raped Anene, but I didn’t kill her’
Johannes Kana has confessed to raping, kicking and punching 17-year-old Anene Booysen but not to murdering her.
It all started with 500 broken windows...
Equal Education has become a force to be reckoned with as it campaigns to improve schooling for all pupils in SA.
Consensual child sex ruling looms
Kissing, hugging and cuddling - innocent acts between children or sexual acts which could lead to them being arrested?