Limpopo department puts new school on back burner

The Limpopo education department says it is not feasible to build a new school until the necessary infrastructure is in place.
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Motshekga interdicted over accounting textbooks

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has been interdicted from finalising a national catalogue for accounting textbooks.
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Note to the government: Pupils need textbooks

A judge has given the education ministry until June 15 to provide textbooks to pupils in Limpopo and ordered a catch-up plan to make up for lost time.
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Mystery of the not-so-missing agent

Man 'disappeared' after recovering R28-million for the Swazi government --- but was easy to find
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Blade's budget blues: Universities to bear the brunt

Parliament's discussion about the financing of SA's universities and skills development sector begs the question: What is at stake? The answer: A lot.
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SA must bail out education 'World Cup-style'

KZN's education minister has called on the government to commit a once-off lump sum towards education in SA -- much like it did for World Cup.
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Teacher crisis hobbles Eastern Cape

"Dismal system" means that many schools in the Eastern Cape don't have enough teachers while others have too many of them.
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Don't drop the skills ball, Mantashe warns Nzimande

Gwede Mantashe has cautioned Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande against losing focus of South Africa's skills needs while promoting humanities.
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Motshekga hits back at Ramphele's apartheid claims

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has blasted Mamphela Ramphele on comments that the education system is worse off now than under apartheid.
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Education group demands NWU report on drowning

The Higher Education Transformation Network has demanded the North West University release its findings into the death of a first-year student.
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Equal Education threatens court action to allow march

Equal Education has threatened to go to court in an attempt to overturn the decision to deny the organisation permission to march on Wednesday.
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Lack of resources hamper SGB elections

The school governing bodies' elections have highlighted the lack of resources at many schools, even one were ballot papers were written by hand.
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Workbooks benefit pupils and teachers

Paarl Media has undertaken to provide learners and teachers with workbooks, and punctually so.
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Nzimande bunks again to join the march

Blade Nzimande's many leadership roles have come into conflict as he skips parliament to join the Cosatu march.
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Equal Education takes Angie Motshekga to court

Equal Education has filed papers against Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to establish minimum norms and standards for school infrastructure.
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Shock report reveals dire conditions

Students at South Africa's universities live in squalid accommodation and often go hungry. David Macfarlane reports.
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Report reveals 'squalid' student accommodation in SA

A devastating report released by Minister Blade Nzimande has revealed the inadequate accommodation SA universities provide for many of its students.
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Some Thembelihle pupils find schools, while others wait

Most of the Thembelihle learners who were without schools in January have been placed but 10 learners are still struggling to find space.
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Nzimande juggles another governance crisis

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is looking into another governance crisis -- this time at the Central University of Technology.
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Education system making progress, says Motshekga

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says progress is being made in education despite problems in staffing, fees and enrolment.
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