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School stabbing not racially motivated – police

POLICE on Monday dismissed reports that the stabbing incident at a Witbank school where a coloured pupil allegedly injured a white colleague was racially motivated, African Eye…

Youth rapes schoolgirl in front of his sister

A schoolboy tricked his sister into letting him into her hostel room before raping her roommate. THE brother of a Northern Province schoolgirl raped her roommate in front of her,…

Village row closes Mpumalanga school

The gates remain locked at Vukuzenzele Combined School, after parents and pupils chased away 22 of the 27 teachers last month. A SCHOOL dispute has stopped pupils at an…

Police called to monitor school during exams

ARMED police were called to guard a high school in Northern Province at the start of the mid-year exams on Monday. Police were asked to patrol Nkgonyeletse High School at…

Teachers urged pupils to bunk school for the PAC

TWO teachers who allegedly incited pupils to bunk school and join a community protest march last month have been given two weeks to motivate why their suspension should be…

Parents give police one month to find missing school funds

PARENTS at a controversial Mpumalanga primary school have given police one month to arrest people implicated in the theft of R4 500 from school funds. Parents at Ndlaphu Primary…

Schooling disrupted at four schools

TEACHING at four Northern Province high schools was disrupted and one principal abducted in separate incidents of violence on Wednesday. School children protested at three…

Primary school teacher in court for shooting

A NORTHERN Province primary school teacher appeared in court on Tuesday after he allegedly shot a man in a bar early Sunday morning. Masekela Vincent Malesa, 33, of Namakgale…

College fleeced of almost R500 000

A NORTHERN Province technical college was systematically fleeced of almost R500 000 over the past few months without realising it. Officials at Giyani Technical College only…

Teachers who got sick too often charged with misconduct

TWO Mpumalanga schoolteachers got a nasty surprise on Thursday when education MEC Craig Padayachee dropped in unexpectedly and announced he would charge them with misconduct. The…

Kruger tries to court blacks

David Mabunda, the first black director of the Kruger National Park, is doing all he can to increase the number of black visitors to a park that has long been perceived as a…

No celebrations for incest man?s family

MPUMALANGA incest accused Robert Jan Fedder, who hanged himself over the weekend, would have celebrated his 41st birthday this week. Fedder was charged last year with living as…