South Africa’s schools are losing teachers faster than they can replace them
Daily Maverick | 21.07.2026 03:51
South Africa’s public schools are heading into a teacher replacement crunch, with almost half of publicly employed educators already 50 or older and thousands of posts still vacant. With a retirement age of 60, this means our basic education system is heading towards a massive retirement wave that will see an almost 50% vacancy in teaching posts.
