Nicola Mawson
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/ 21 April 2005

Allegations of corruption rock KZN

A damning report from the provincial auditor general partly reinforces the allegations. The education department concedes that some of its employees have perpetrated ‘fraudulent practices”, but denies that these have any relation to the R700-million under the spotlight. This sum is at the centre of allegations levelled by the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu). […]

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/ 21 April 2005

Tensions mount in dispute over post provisioning Jul 19, 2002 Tensions mount in dispute over post provisioning

According to provincial secretary for the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu), Ndaba Gcwabaza, it was agreed with the provincial Department of Education and Culture on April 19 this year that 2 133 posts would be advertised on the open vacancy list. The open vacancy list is a list for newly qualified educators. However, Gcwabaza […]

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/ 21 April 2005

Inertia over ‘Dossier of Shame’

Two years ago Natalie* (14) called a crisis line to say her teacher had been sexually and emotionally abusing her since she was 12. The crisis line, Childline in KwaZulu-Natal, reported the incident to the province’s department of education and culture, and followed up with a monthly reminder. Two years later, the department has taken […]

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/ 21 April 2005

School fee exemption is a right

‘My father … passed away on 1 January 1999. I live with my grandmother. She pays for my school fees from her pension, which is not enough since she also has to look after my aunt’s children and my uncle’s son. We are suffering and there is hardly any food. We request that you give […]

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/ 19 April 2005

The world’s daughters are most at risk

More than half of all the children in the world who are not in school are girls. The highest number of these live in sub-Saharan Africa, South and East Asia and the Pacific. Worldwide, 121-million children are not in school – and 65-million of these are girls. This is according to a Unicef report released […]

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/ 12 June 2004

G8: Not so great on Africa

The Group of Eight’s (G8) meeting this week in the United States will spew forth promises for Africa that will amount to nothing, say its critics. The involvement of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development with the G8 — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the US — is meant to be a partnership.