Poor school leadership is failing South African pupils.
Girls’ schools produced most of the matrics to be featured on the IEB’s national honours roll of outstanding achievers.
If a child cannot read, write and count at the required level by ...
As South Africa’s school principals age, the need to identify the next wave of leadership is becoming more pressing.
In an attempt to improve school leadership, the Basic Education Department has finalised the first set of regulations which provide a clear definition of the key ...
Former University of KwaZulu-Natal vice-chancellor Professor Malegapuru Makgoba has questioned whether South African universities are led by the right people, and ...
October is Bullying Awareness Month, so it should be noted that the chances of being regularly bullied are higher for impoverished children, the Human Sciences Research ...
A baby rhino that lost its mother to poachers in the Kruger National Park has been rescued by rangers and is settling into its new home at the Care for Wild Africa ...
A baby rhino that lost its mother to poachers in the Kruger National Park has been rescued by rangers.
A new draft policy which sets out how schools should support pregnant pupils and protect them from discrimination is expected to be published for public comment ...
The treacherous Australian Outback awaits a team of lecturers from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and students who will race 3 000km in a solar car from Darwin ...
South African schoolchildren are having sex at a younger age and many of them are ignorant about HIV.
In a coup for South Africa, Nobel Laureate Françoise Barré-Sinoussi has accepted a seat on the scientific advisory board of the Centre of the Aids Programme of Research ...
A hydro-geologist argues that drilling for shale gas in the Karoo does not make economic sense.
Government under fire from environmental watchdog groups, accusing it of going soft on big industry polluters.
UKZN scientists are a step closer to making life easier for diabetics by developing a skin patch that delivers insulin into the bloodstream.
The blood of a KZN woman has helped scientists achieve a breakthrough in their quest to prevent and treat HIV.
The KZN Education Department has been accused of not getting a handle on its weaknesses 20 years into democracy.
The ANC intend making it compulsory for South African children to attend school for 14 years rather than 12.
The Grade 12 class of 2014 will be the first to receive report cards and matric certificates with features designed to prevent forgery.
Four South African universities have made it into the top 50 of a list of the top 100 tertiary institutions in emerging economies.
The Square Kilometre Array school is training a new generation of astronomers to work with data from the world’s largest telescope.
The KZN Education Department’s recent directive regarding substitute teachers has angered educators across the province.
The new maths, science and technology teachers who are being churned out are not up to scratch said a ministerial task team.
It will take many years for the racial demographics of South Africa’s universities to mirror those of society, MPs have heard.