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/ 27 September 2010
A seminar of students over the weekend showed massive support for proposals calling for graduates to perform community service.
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/ 23 September 2010
A pioneering initiative to enable learners from poor backgrounds to attend South Africa’s top schools celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.
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/ 21 September 2010
"Mud schools" in the Eastern Cape might have to wait until 2011 before their legal application to improve their infrastructure is heard in court
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/ 20 September 2010
Walter Sisulu University vice-chancellor Marcus Balintulo shut down the university’s Mthatha campus on Monday following protests at the site.
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/ 17 September 2010
The bookazine concept aims to "make reading cool" by blending the features of magazines with quality writing while telling South African stories.
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/ 17 September 2010
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) vice-chancellor Marcus Balintulo on Friday urged staff and students to return to the Mthatha campus on Monday.
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/ 17 September 2010
The policeman who allegedly fired the shot that killed a grade 10 pupil in the Free State, was arrested after the ICD heard accounts of the death.
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/ 16 September 2010
Isasa believes Cosatu’s proposal to do away with private schools is based on misconceptions about the private-school sector.
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/ 6 September 2010
One of Sadtu’s most militant leaders, Ronald Nyathi, has indicated that the teacher’s strike could be soon be over because his region has accepted the state’s revised wage offer.
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/ 1 September 2010
UWC has stepped in to assist students affected by an apparent shortfall in funds from the National Students Financial Aid Scheme.
Signs of a split in unions’ response to government’s latest wage offer emerged on Tuesday, with Sadtu suggesting they could reject the offer.
Students hoping to enrol as first years at DUT next year could be in for a shock: they might not get funding from NSFAS
Despite the gasps at the university since the photo appeared in its student paper, reaction from beyond Stellenbosch has been warmly appreciative.
The number of provinces in which matric preliminary exams have been postponed jumped to five on Thursday — from three on Wednesday.
The University of the Western Cape has obtained a court order to prevent a repeat of the violent protests that have rocked the campus since Monday.
Some schools in Gauteng have said they will not implement the provincial education department’s ruling on Wednesday to postpone matric prelim exams.
There is "no chance" the final matric exams will be postponed, the national department of basic education said on Wednesday.
About 20 students at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) have been arrested following fee-related protests on Monday that turned violent.
Students hoping to enrol as first years at the Durban University of Technology next year could be in for a shock: they might not get NSFAS funding.
The deeply troubled Durban University of Technology (DUT) closed its doors, suspending all academic activities, on Wednesday at around noon.
The <i>M&G</i>’s Ryan Hoffmann gives his on-the-field highlights of the Soccer World Cup.
The Diambars Soccer Academy is a place where dreams are made and offers boys the chance to hone their soccer skills while gaining an education.
South Africa’s national team will be carrying the hopes of the nation when the opening match gets under way at Soccer City on June 11.
Saru) will be holding elections on Friday. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> caught up with Mark Alexander, who will be challenging for the top spot.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> caught up with referee Jerome Damon, who will be officiating at the Soccer World Cup, to find out what makes him tick.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> catches up with Zapiro to hear his views on everything from the infamous showerhead, to what gets him out of bed.
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/ 27 January 2010
With the sudden departure of Mickey Arthur after almost five years at the helm of the Proteas, the race is on to find a permanent replacement.
Still waiting to get your World Cup tickets? Read our guide on getting your seat to the biggest sport event to hit Africa.
Over the counter Fifa tickets may be an option with slow sales of South African games — and the complicated application process.
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/ 15 November 2009
By the time you read this the first battle between South Africa and England, in the form of a Twenty20 match, will have been contested.
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