Pretoria Girls – an uphill battle in the courts
Richard Wilkinson describes the protracted legal battle over transparency, justice, and woke "racism" allegations at Pretoria High School for Girls.
Education
Late applications expose ongoing strain in Western Cape schools
Late school applications strain Western Cape education system. What is the way through growing pressures?
WCED and the Social Justice Agency – Maynier responds
David Maynier has thankfully rejected ties with the racial ideology of the SJA. But more detailed questions about their involvement remain unanswered, as well as with the DA-run National Department
DA-run education departments endorse Critical Race Theory seminar at Stellenbosch
The anti-white indoctrination programme, to be hosted at Stellenbosch University on the 3-5 October, has support from both the WCED and the national Dept of Basic Education
Half a billion wasted with nothing to show for it
The Western Cape government faces criticism for squandering R562 million on a stalled office development for its education department.
No more excellence: how the DA plans to break the Western Cape school system
By prohibiting schools from considering academic performance and conducting parent interviews during admissions, the provincial education department is dooming them
The WC Education Department’s tango with the SAHRC
The DA-led provincial education department is collaborating with the SAHRC in a witch-hunt for racism which aims to "decolonise" the system. This is dangerous.
A mass teacher layoff would be good actually
The DA however, has wilted in the face of the unions. But they could have used this crisis to improve schools dramatically
Western Cape Education Department flounders in wake of national budget cuts
Influx from the Eastern Cape and the lack of authority for the province to set its own budget or create its own standards have created a perfect storm
WCED stuck between national budget cuts and union stubbornness
The ANC-aligned teachers union SADTU is refusing to let the provincial department implement cuts imposed by the national Treasury
WESGRO and WCED launch new initiative for funding private schools in the Cape
The provincial investment body and the Western Cape Education Department have teamed up to alleviate pressure on the school system
Cliffe-Dekker-Hofmeyr probes R1.2 Billion Western Cape school network tender after irregularities in procedure uncovered
A lack of transparency and insufficient effort to seek alternative providers led investigators to call for re-evaluation