During COVID-19, the teacher shortages at schools has become quite serious. According to National Teachers Union (NATU), the rotation system that is currently being adopted for students has placed more pressure on teachers and schools are battling to cope.

An audit was done on the UIF and the report showed interesting abnormalities. Payments were made to people who had passed on and those with invalid ID numbers.

Basic Education Minister Reginah Mhaule and director-general Mathanzima Mweli presented the dropout projections earlier this week to the Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education. “It is devastating to anticipate even greater dropout rates than South Africa was seeing before the pandemic,” says Equal Education.