SCORE: F The year 2025 was a baptism of fire for Motshekga, one of the worst performing ministers in the government of national unity. After South African soldiers were sent on an ill-fated deployment in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and returned home with bloody noses, humiliated by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who took over Goma, […]
SCORE: F- So broken and badly managed is the department of defence that three men on a donkey with a duct-taped drone could possibly topple Pretoria. The department incurred unauthorised expenditure of R3.4 billion in 2023-24, making it not so much a department as a place where taxpayer money goes to cough up and die. […]
DepartmentBasic Education Key Goals Analysis The 2022 academic year was the first in two years that went ahead without any Covid-19 disruptions. The department’s reports show it might take eight years to recover the learning time lost during the pandemic. In January, Motshekga laid down a recovery plan for the education system, including trimming down […]
Minister says entire education landscape must be reviewed
The basic education minister says failing pupils does not help them and that they should instead be supported in their areas of weakness.
Angie Motshekga has been a disaster as a minister of education. More than that, she has been an embarrassment.
Western Cape pupils put a face to the school infrastructure crisis by wearing masks of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s face at a march.
The department of basic education has branched out from not delivering textbooks to taking out adverts about its failures, writes Verashni Pillay.
While insisting the DA’s march was misguided, ANCWL president Angie Motshekga has berated Cosatu for insulting the opposition party’s women leaders.
Equal Education has filed papers against Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to establish minimum norms and standards for school infrastructure.