Breaking point: Reports shows nearly 60% of public school principals are ready to quit
Daily Maverick | 26.06.2026 03:59
Picture a public school principal’s desk at 9pm. The corridors are pitch black, and the students have long since gone home, but the office light is still burning. Underneath that fluorescent glow, you won’t find lesson plans or strategy notes on how to help a struggling grade. Instead, the desk is entirely buried under a mountain of compliance templates, duplicate financial spreadsheets and last-minute departmental reporting forms.
