The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) reports that more than 10 000 learners remain unplaced, but daily placement and ...

The Gauteng Department of Education will open late applications for Grade 1 and 8 admissions on 17 December 2025, as more than 10,000 learners remain unplaced. Parents will be limited to selecting ...

As of 1pm on Tuesday, 16 December, the department reported that 10 295 pupils were still without placements for the 2026 academic year.

With the 2026 academic year only weeks away, more than 10,000 Grade 1 and 8 pupils remain unplaced in Gauteng, fuelling ...

Gauteng Education spokesperson Steve Mabona confirmed that thousands have joined the queue since mid-December.

The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has issued a fraud alert, after it emerged that an individual named “Godfrey” is soliciting bribes from parents in exchange for learner placements for the ...

More than 7,000 late applications have been processed since the department reopened the online portal for placements earlier ...

The Gauteng department of education (GDE) says there will be no reduction in teacher posts in public schools over the next two financial years, and that work is continuing to improve sanitation and ...

The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has sent notices to Quintile-5 (Q5) schools in the province to cut learner subsidies by 65% in 2026. According to the Federation of Governing Bodies of South ...

The Gauteng Department of Education has assured parents of Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners that it is working hard to ensure that the remaining 15 144 unplaced applicants are placed in schools.

More than 16 000 Gauteng pupils are still waiting to be placed in the province's schools for the 2026 academic year.

Bullying in Gauteng schools has reached a deadly tipping point, a crisis now tragically captured in the final words of 16-year-old Lerato Mochadieane, who took his own life after years of torment at ...