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In 2023, Sadtu’s Eastern Cape branch raised the alarm on school safety after three educators — including a school principal — were gunned down in the Lusikisiki area. (File photo)

Half of SA teachers want out because of violence, exhaustion

Fifty percent of the country’s teachers may leave the profession in 10 years, threatening education quality and rural staffing

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read
Red flag: South African Communist Party general secretary Solly Mapaila. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gall Images

SACP: We are contesting the elections, but not the ANC

The SACP had planned to run in 2024 national and provincial elections but pulled back because of the number of parties funded by white capital

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Siviwe Gwarube during the swearing-in ceremony of the new national executive members at Cape Town International Convention Centre on 3 July 2024 in Cape Town. (Photo by Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

ANC’s alliance partners call for education minister Siviwe Gwarube to be fired over Bela Act boycott

Gwarube did not attend the signing ceremony due to concerns regarding the legislation

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
M&G file photo

Western Cape education says no teacher retrenchments despite loss of 2,400 jobs due to budget cuts

The department’s R2.5 billion budget cut, impacting administration, curriculum, and infrastructure, leaves it with a R3.8 billion shortfall over the next three years

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read