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Textbook saga may delay plans to improve child literacy (opens the original)
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Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube at the Cape Town Press Club on 14 September 2026. Photo: Velani Ludidi South African public schools may have to rely on a 15-year-old Foundation Phase textbook catalogue next year, as the rollout of new materials remains frozen. The new catalogue for grades 1 to 3 includes maths, home language, first additional language and life skills. The textbooks and other learning materials are expected to be based on the latest research to improve literacy, in line w
Author: Velani Ludidi | GroundUp (opens the original)
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Two years into her tenure, Gwarube faces a R140-billion school infrastructure crisis (opens the original)
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Declining numbers at rural Eastern Cape schools are partly linked to parents moving their children to cities, says Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks South Africa’s school infrastructure is caught in a double squeeze: shifting learner movements are leaving rural classrooms empty while urban demand outstrips space, according to Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube. “We have an infrastructure backlog that is sitting at R140-billion,” she said in an in
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