The Gauteng Department of Education has opened a new school in Soweto worth more than R57 million in an effort to ensure state-of-the-art infrastructure is provided to previously under-serviced communities.

Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi has on behalf of national and provincial government extended sincere condolences to the families of learners who died after a walkway collapsed at Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark on Friday morning.

South Africa must move beyond the era of exclusively preserving quality healthcare for those with deep pockets, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has sent a stern warning to the communities who vandalise schools during service delivery protests, saying that government will not come back and rebuild another school for them.

The Gauteng Department of Education has reminded parents that they have one day left to apply for 2018 school admissions. 

The Gauteng Department of Education has reopened the Online Application System for parents who missed the 12 June deadline.

The Gauteng Department of Education has managed to place 77% of all applicants, who applied for admission at schools in the province, for 2018.

The Basic Education Department has confirmed that schools reopen today

It's been an emotional few days for bereaved learners, teachers and the community of Sokhulimi Village, in Mpumalanga, as they mourn the death of eighteen learners and two adults, who died in a tragic accident in Bronkhorstspruit, on Friday.

Teaching and learning commenced well in most schools countrywide, while few interruptions were experienced in other schools on the first day of the academic year.