Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted schools and the education system. Leadership in schools has been in crisis because leaders could no longer use the old method of leading where they led face-to-face. During the lockdown, leaders used digital tools to communicate with staff members and the learners learning from home using online platforms. Leaders were expected to adapt and ensure that effective digital leadership was still taking place even if there was a total lockdown. Digital leadership in schools was seen as a solution because learners were still able to learn when they were at home. The study used a qualitative research approach as it helped the researcher to conduct one on one semi-structured interviews and one focus group discussion with three school principals. After data analysis, themes and subthemes emerged. The themes that emerged were the importance of digital leadership, factors leading to digital leadership, and lessons for implementing digital leadership in schools. This study aimed to explore the kind of digital leadership required for the development of an innovative technology-led culture of learning in Limpopo schools to ensure that other leaders would be able to employ digital leadership so that learners would be able to learn from home.