Bongekile Macupe

Bongekile Macupe is an education reporter at the Mail & Guardian.

Most Gauteng, Western Cape schools in hotspots

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 9 Jul 2020

Out of more than 25 000 schools in the country, 8 047 were in hotspots and 6 995 of these were public schools. And most of Gauteng’s and the Western Cape’s schools are in hotspots

Covid-19 in classrooms: When a cough causes chaos

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 8 Jul 2020

Despite the department of basic education’s announcement that teachers and learners were given orientation about the coronavirus, anecdotal evidence doesn’t bear this out

New August 31 deadline for the last learners to return to school

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 7 Jul 2020

In an amendment published in the Government Gazette on Tuesday, the basic education minister has made further changes to the school return dates for different grades

Eastern Cape schools to only open for grades 3, 6 and 11 at the end of July

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 6 Jul 2020

The province says the increase in Covid-19 cases has made it re-evaluate some decisions

Only three grades to return to school on Monday

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 3 Jul 2020

Only grades six, 11 and R will return to school as expected, with the rest to be phased in later in the month

We can’t expect learners and teachers to function optimally right now

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 1 Jul 2020

It may well be that we have warm bodies in schools, but to think their minds are highly productive is a reach

Four schools stay closed after builder trashes toilet blocks

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 30 Jun 2020

Four affected schools have remained closed because they don’t meet the Covid-19 regulations, due in part, to the defacement caused

Advocacy group takes department to court over school nutrition programme

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 28 Jun 2020

Equal Education wants the court to get the basic education department to feed all learners who qualify for the programme, including those who are not back at school

Covid-19 deepens the educational divide

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 26 Jun 2020

With the closure of schools, learning has moved to online platforms across the world, but a UNESCO report said only 12% of households in the least-developed countries have internet access at home

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‘Covid-19 to deepen inequalities in education’ — report

Education Bongekile Macupe - 24 Jun 2020

A report from Unesco highlights a lack of access to online learning: only 12% of learners in sub-Saharan Africa can connect to the internet at home

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Bongekile Macupe: The virus now has a face

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 24 Jun 2020

Covid-19 has become a reality for the people living in Bongekile Macupe's village in the Eastern Cape

Classes under coronavirus are ‘weird’

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 11 Jun 2020

Two matric learners talk about not being able to mingle with friends, anxiety about their exams and what happens outside the schoolyard

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