Sharon Hammond

<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>David Patient is a far cry from the days when he was a coke-snorting disco diva in Las Vegas, hobnobbing with the likes of Liberace, Rock Hudson and Elton John. He is one of the world’s longest-lived HIV survivors and the condition has made him completely self-possessed and comfortable in his own skin.

MPUMALANGA’S education MEC, Craig Padayachee, has criticised communities for allowing school children to loiter in the streets and drink alcohol. He said despite the call for teaching to start in earnest from the first day of school, children still “sauntered” in the streets and drank liquor at taverns or shebeens during school hours. Teachers were […]

THE continued use of corporal punishment at rural schools in Northern Province has prompted the SA Human Rights Commission to introduce a series of debates on the issue. The debates will be launched on Human Rights Day next Tuesday. Provincial SAHRC co-ordinator, Ntshole Mabapa, said on Wednesday that 14 township and rural schools had been […]

TEACHERS at Northern Province schools have blamed increasing class disruptions and violence on an ineffective education department. Riots and boycotts have been reported at about four schools in the province in the past two weeks for reasons ranging from wanting a refund of school fees to wanting teachers dismissed. Provincial spokesman for the South African […]

Mpumalanga’s education department is to investigate allegations that Grade 8 children suffered knee injuries during initiation at a Nelspruit high school. MPUMALANGA’S education department will send an official to a Nelspruit high school where some Grade 8 children suffered knee injuries during initiation. Nelspruit district head, Dr CG Shube, said on Wednesday he was satisfied […]

At least R10 billion is still needed to address the education backlog, says Mpumalanga education MEC, Craig Padayachee. OVER R10 billion is still needed to address the education backlog in South Africa, warned Mpumalanga education MEC, Craig Padayachee, on Thursday. Speaking at the opening of a new primary school in Embalenhle near Secunda, he said […]