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Sadtu says Motshekga bowed to pressure from Umalusi to allow rewrite

Education Bongekile Macupe - 9 Dec 2020

The teachers union and several learners will appear before the Pretoria high court on Thursday, where they will ask that Motshekga’s decision for a national rewrite of two leaked matric exams be set aside

Hawks make arrest in matric maths paper leak

Education Bongekile Macupe - 1 Dec 2020

Themba Daniel Shikwambana, who works at a printing company, was granted bail and is due to return to court in January

Parktown Boys’ High principal fired for tragic death of Enoch Mpianzi

Education Khaya Koko - 13 Oct 2020

Malcolm Williams was found to have sent schoolboys on an unauthorised trip and failed to ensure the correct roll-call procedures were followed

Teacher union to join Cosatu strike over ‘uncaring employer’

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 5 Oct 2020

Sadtu has accused the state of being an “uncaring employer” for failing to pay salary increases due two years ago

ANC still at odds over how to tackle leaders facing serious graft allegations

Coronavirus Paddy Harper, Thanduxolo Jika & Mail Guardian Correspondent - 6 Aug 2020

The ANC’s top six has been mandated to work closely with its integrity committee to tackle claims of corruption against senior party members

The PPE scandal that the Treasury hasn’t touched

Coronavirus Sabelo Skiti, Thanduxolo Jika & Sarah Smit - 6 Aug 2020

Many government officials have been talking tough about dealing with rampant corruption in PPE procurement but the majority won't even release names of who has benefited from the R10-billion spend

Teacher unions know their power — and how to use it

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 16 Jul 2020

After unions demanded that schools be closed this week, the department has said it is the cabinet’s prerogative to decide whether schools should close

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

Be at war with the coronavirus, not with each other

Article Bongekile Macupe - 8 Apr 2020

If we are to flatten the curve of this virus and ensure that it does not attack as hard as it has done in some European countries, we need to put petty differences aside and be at war with the virus

‘Suspend June school holidays’

Article Bongekile Macupe - 26 Mar 2020

Schools were supposed to open on April 14, but with the lockdown only ending on April 16, they will remain closed

South Africa treats special needs children as an aside

Article Bongekile Macupe - 12 Feb 2020

Many children with special needs have never seen the inside of a classroom, as there are no schools where they live that cater to them. It’s extremely disheartening, particularly as access to education is a constitutional right

Lesufi suspends Parktown Boys’ principal after student’s death

Article Bongekile Macupe - 24 Jan 2020

Malcolm Williams has been suspended following the death of grade 8 learner Enoch Mpianzi

Ring the bell: School is back in session for the 2020 academic year

Article Bongekile Macupe - 15 Jan 2020

Provincial departments of education have reiterated their readiness for the 2020 academic year. As such, teaching and learning is expected to commence today —...

‘Bright’ learner fatally shot outside Katlehong school

Article Bongekile Macupe - 19 Sep 2019

The child was caught in the crossfire of an alleged shootout between two rival taxi associations

The art of flouting security

Article Gemma Ritchie - 26 Aug 2019

The Gauteng DOE has ticked all the boxes in terms of security for its schools. Yet,there has been a seeming increase in incidents at schools

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Sadtu says Motshekga bowed to pressure from Umalusi to allow rewrite

Hawks make arrest in matric maths paper leak

Parktown Boys’ High principal fired for tragic death of Enoch Mpianzi

Teacher union to join Cosatu strike over ‘uncaring employer’

ANC still at odds over how to tackle leaders facing serious graft allegations

The PPE scandal that the Treasury hasn’t touched

Teacher unions know their power — and how to use it

Most Gauteng, Western Cape schools in hotspots

Be at war with the coronavirus, not with each other

‘Suspend June school holidays’

South Africa treats special needs children as an aside

Lesufi suspends Parktown Boys’ principal after student’s death

Ring the bell: School is back in session for the 2020 academic year

‘Bright’ learner fatally shot outside Katlehong school

The art of flouting security

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