Legal Articles and Guides
Ex-student demands R10m after SCA win
Former Rhodes University student Yolanda Dyantyi, who was banned from the institution for life in 2017, wants R10m and an apology, among other demands, after she won her case in the SCA.
Sexual assault teacher fired again
A teacher who was rehired by the Gauteng Department of Education after abruptly resigning before he could face a disciplinary hearing for alleged sexual harassment has been fired again – this time for ‘hugging’ a 16-year-old girl at his new school.
Billions paid out to ineligible students
Billions of rands have been paid out to students who weren’t eligible to receive funds from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), reports The Citizen.
Father in court over school fees dispute
A father who owes a private school R150 000 in fees has brought an urgent application to force the school to release his daughter’s first-term report card, the Sunday Times reports.
Backlash over Unisa’s ‘rejected’ exam papers
A Unisa student wrote her same exam twice, but both scripts were rejected by the university, allegedly due to online technical glitches. Now she is considering writing the English paper for the third time.
NSFAS officials resign after office rental exposé
Two senior officials from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) have resigned after The Sunday Independent exposé that the agency was paying almost R2m a month to rent an office block, while students all over the country were struggling with their accommodation and tuition fees.
R20m won’t be handed to NSFAS fraudster
The Eastern Cape government has promised that a sum of R20m it pledged to Walter Sisulu University's (WSU) alumni convocation will not be paid directly to the convocation committee, which includes fraudster Sibongile Mani.
UCT gets interdict against protesting students
UCT has been granted an interim order prohibiting further student protests that disrupt activity on campus or lead to violence. A News24 report says the Western Cape High Court granted the order on Friday after the university said it could not resume face-to-face learning by the end of the week.
Urgent application to ‘unfreeze’ school’s bank account
Disgruntled parents of pupils at a Bhisho primary school are bringing an urgent application in the Eastern Cape High Court (Bhisho) to have the provincial Department of Education ‘unfreeze’ the school bank account, reports DispatchLIVE.
Separated parents turn to court over child's schooling
A five-year-old girl is at the centre of a tug of war between her feuding separated parents over who she should live with and where she should go to school. But now a judge has ruled she will live with her mother and start grade one this week at a school in Umhlanga, TimesLIVE reports.
Matric results blocked over cheating scandal
An investigation into a massive matric exam cheating scandal involving teachers has confirmed that the results of hundreds of pupils in certain subjects in 26 Mpumalanga schools will be blocked, reports Sunday Times.
Corporal punishment case heads to SCA
Leave to appeal has been granted in the case of two pupils who were assaulted by teachers. The punishment of teachers who use corporal punishment on pupils was addressed in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) yesterday, as Section27 faced off with the SA Council of Educators (SACE) once again.
Law firm to probe schoolboy’s drowning
An independent investigation will be launched into the death of a grade six pupil, who is believed to have drowned while on a school outing in Gauteng, reports News24.
Private schools outraged by curricula legal opinion
Private school associations are outraged over a legal opinion declaring that three different curricula offered by 517 independent schools to almost 37 000 pupils are illegal, reports The Sunday Independent.
Elite Johannesburg school rocked by altercation
Police had to be called to an elite Johannesburg girls’ school on Friday after a fracas that involved the high-profile parents of two students who are alleged to have bullied a classmate so severely she wanted to end her life.
