[SAnews.gov.za] Gauteng MEC for Education Matome Chiloane has announced that more than 213 000 online applications for Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners were successfully processed by 1pm when the 2026 online admissions process officially opened.

[GroundUp] This is part of the municipality’s bid to recover R17-billion in unpaid electricity bills across its 60 wards

[263Chat] Harare is gearing up to host the regional finals of the Zimbabwe Spelling Bee, a major fixture on the academic calendar, with more than 260 top spellers expected to compete for a chance to represent their provinces on the national stage.

Survivors of the 1956 disaster at sea, which killed 51 people, will gather this weekend in Manhattan.

Talks in Washington. An expert on negotiation. A balancing act. The university chose cooperation over litigation, a strategy both pilloried and praised.

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[Leadership] The University of Maiduguri chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the federal government of the potential consequences of President Bola Tinubu’s renaming the institution after Late former President Muhammadu Buhari.

In remarks before judges and lawyers in California, the justice said she believed the court had a responsibility to share its reasoning.

Reactions ranged from fierce criticism to relief after the university reached a settlement over allegations that it failed to stop the harassment of Jewish students.

Trump officials hope deals with two Ivy League schools create a template that others, including Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Cornell and Northwestern, will follow.

Science, a top research journal, said there was no evidence of misconduct by researchers whose finding attracted heavy attention and scrutiny in social media’s early days.

[FrontPageAfrica] In a continued demonstration of its commitment to education and skills development in Liberia, ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) has presented a check for Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (US$50,000) to Nimba University as part of its annual support to the institution, line with its Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) requirement.

[Nile Post] This weekend, the Nextars team hit the ground running with vibrant school activations at St. Julian High School Seeta and Seeta High School A-Level Campus. The visits were part of the ongoing mission to bring the Nextars movement closer to the youth, right where they are.

[Daily Maverick] Experts have warned that despite the Gauteng Department of Education budget increasing to R68bn for the 2025/26 financial year, it is not enough to address critical challenges such as the rapid increase in learners, infrastructure backlogs and systemic inequalities.

[SAnews.gov.za] Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has officially switched on the 2026 Online Admissions System, marking the start of applications for parents and guardians with children going to Grade 1 and Grade 8 at Gauteng public schools in the 2026 academic year.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has launched a pioneering partnership with the University of South Africa (UNISA) to dramatically expand access to library services for students and the broader public within the metro.

Washington had been a buffer against China’s efforts to use UNESCO to influence education, historical designations and even artificial intelligence.

[UCT] The University of Cape Town (UCT) has made a decisive move in the global education debate on artificial intelligence (AI) by officially adopting a university-wide framework that sets out how AI technologies should be integrated into teaching, learning and assessment.