Media Coverage

  • Half of teachers consider quitting — stress, admin burden and low pay among top reasons: survey

    Modiegi Mashamaite, TimesLive
    2 May 2025

  • Half of South Africa’s in-service teachers are considering leaving the profession due to stress and overwork (TV interview)

    Interview of Basil Manuel (NAPTOSA) on eNCA
    1 May 2025

  • Half of SA teachers want out because of violence, exhaustion

    Umamah Bakharia, Mail & Guardian
    22 April 2025

  • Teacher Burnout in Under-Resourced Schools: South Africa’s Silent Classroom Crisis (radio interview)

    Interview between Banele Lukhele (Jakes Gerwel Fellowship) & Clarence Ford, CapeTalk

    10 April 2025

  • Half of SA teachers want to quit (radio interview)

    Interview on Views & News with Clarence Ford, CapeTalk
    23 April 2025

  • Stellenbosch University Reports reveals that half of SA teachers are considering leaving the profession (radio interview)

    Interview on Update@Noon with Sakina Kamwendo, SAfm
    22 April 2025

  • Teacher Burnout | Administrative duties a primary source of stress (TV interview)

    eNCA
    14 April 2025

  • Some teachers retiring due to mental struggles – Hofmeyr (TV interview)

    Newzroom Afrika
    13 April 2025

  • Meeste onderwysers oorlaai, helfte wil ophou skoolgee

    Elaine Krige, Maroela Media
    13 April 2025

  • Many SA teachers leaving before retirement – study

    Lauren Hendricks, Jacaranda FM
    12 April 2025

  • Studie: Al hoe meer onderwysers tree vroegtydig af

    Pretoria FM
    12 April 2025

  • Kommer oor groot getalle jong onderwysers wat nie meer wil skool hou

    Marelize Barnard, Netwerk24
    12 April 2025

    (Also published in Die Burger print edition, 14 April 2025, under the title “Kommer oor ál meer jong onnies wat beroep wil verlaat”)

  • Teaching crisis: 50% of SA teachers want to leave profession

    Caxton Network News
    12 April 2025

  • Study | Many teachers feel overworked, overwhelmed: Dr Heleen Hofmeyr (TV interview)

    SABC News
    12 April 2025

  • Study reveals there’s an urgent need for mental health support for teachers (radio interview)

    Interview with John Maytham on CapeTalk
    11 April 2025

  • Sommige onnies wil net padgee, terwyl ander sáám met hul kinders baklei

    Marelize Barnard, Netwerk24
    11 April 2025

    (Also published in Die Burger print edition, 11 April 2025, under the title “Studie wys talle is sielsongelukkig: Onderwysers onder onhoudbare druk”)

  • SA Teachers Could Quit Over Stress and Workload, New Study Warns

    Joburg {etc}
    10 April 2025

  • Study unveils concerning trend among SA’s teachers (radio interview)

    Interview with Elvis Presslin on SAfm
    10 April 2025

  • Recent study unveils concerning trend among SA teachers (radio interview)

    Interview on Africa Update with Lulu Gaboo, Channel Africa
    10 April 2025

  • Half of SA Teachers Eye Exit Amid Rising Burnout – Stellenbosch Study

    Voice of the Cape (article & radio interview)
    10 April 2025

  • ‘Stressed and overextended’: nearly ‘half of SA teachers’ eye exit in 10 years

    Claire Keeton, TimesLive
    10 April 2025

  • 50% of SA teachers want to leave the profession, and it’s not the kids stressing them out

    Jason Woosey, IOL

    10 April 2025

    (Also published in The Star & Cape Argus print editions on 11 April 2025, and the Sunday Tribune print edition on 13 April 2025)

  • Teacher burnout: 50% of South African educators considering exit from the profession

    Siphesihle Buthelezi, The Mercury
    9 April 2025

  • Discussion | Fiscal squeeze affects funding for teacher appointments

    eNCA
    9 December 2024

  • SA is producing enough teachers but education quality is under threat

    Caxton Network News
    7 December 2024

  • Education authorities must protect teacher appointments – Study

    Chevon Booysen, Cape Times
    3 December 2024

  • Achieving quality schooling for all South Africa’s learners is within our reach

    Martin Gustafsson, Daily Maverick
    2 July 2024

  • How much money teachers earn in South Africa in 2024

    Staff Writer, BusinessTech
    2 July 2024

  • Education department will hire temps to fill 31 000 teacher vacancies

    Umamah Bakharia, Mail & Guardian
    24 April 2024

  • Angie Motshekga Issues Order Permitting Schools to Hire Temps to Alleviate 31,000 Teacher Shortage

    Zingisa Chirwa, Briefly
    19 April 2024

  • Vacant teacher posts in state schools rocket to more than 31,000

    Tamar Kahn, Business Day
    17 April 2024

  • Upcoming mass teacher retirement poses ‘serious’ problems, with Maths and under-resourced provinces most at risk – experts

    Msindisi Fengu, Daily Maverick
    21 December 2023

  • Education in Crisis | Basic Education Denies Teacher Shortage

    eNCA
    14 August 2023

  • South African children’s grim prospects in a failing education system

    Rosa Sommer, Mail & Guardian
    20 April 2023

  • One of the biggest teacher problems in South Africa

    Staff Writer, Business Tech
    27 March 2023

  • Teacher crisis in South Africa – government responds

    Staff Writer, Business Tech
    4 January 2023

  • Covid-19 exacerbated emigration among nurses but tampered it for teachers

    Genevieve Serra, Weekend Argus
    3 December 2022

  • Discussion: 49% of teacher close to retirement – study

    eNCA
    2 December 2022

  • An expected teacher exodus in South Africa could be a good thing

    Claire Bisseker, Financial Mail
    1 December 2022

  • Half of state schoolteachers headed for retirement: study

    Kgaugelo Masweneng, TimesLive
    1 December 2022

  • End terms: Half of SA’s public school teachers will retire in the next decade, new study predicts

    Tebogo Monama, News24
    1 December 2022

  • Teaching degrees have lower entrance requirements than other degrees – research

    Tebogo Monama, News24
    1 December 2022

  • Reports of teachers retirement wave dilemma

    Nicola Daniels, Cape Times
    1 December 2022

  • Vlaag onderwysers tree binne 10 jaar af

    Malherbe Nienaber, Die Burger
    1 December 2022

  • ‘Vlaag’ van onderwysers gaan in volgende 10 jaar aftree

    Malherbe Nienaber, Netwerk24
    1 December 2022

  • New Stellenbosch University report warns of teacher retirement wave

    Makhosazane Twala, Jacaranda FM
    1 December 2022

  • Stellenbosch University researchers to release reports into teacher demographics in South Africa

    Newzroom Afrika
    1 December 2022

  • Discussion: Expected wave of teacher retirement

    eNCA
    1 December 2022

  • Provinces aren’t hiring enough teachers, despite a growing need and sufficient supply – Stellenbosch university report

    Aiden Louw, Daily Maverick
    1 December 2022

  • Schools in South Africa face a teacher crisis

    BusinessTech
    1 December 2022

  • How much money teachers really earn in South Africa

    BusinessTech
    1 December 2022

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