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All teachers, including those with comorbidities, are expected to return to work when schools reopen, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Wednesday. (Paul Botes/M&G)
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

It’s back to school for the 16 000 teachers on special leave for comorbidities

People at early childhood development are still fighting to get Covid-19 vaccinations

  • Charma du Plessis
2 min read
COMORBIDITIES

Government makes U-turn on special Covid-19 vaccination groups

Government officials will now still have to wait like everyone else to receive their Covid jab, according to the health deputy director general

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
The long wait to move early childhood development teachers to the department of basic education will be over in nine months, but this does not mean all of them are yet in line to be vaccinated. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

Early childhood development teachers to move to basic education department from April next year

The long wait to move early childhood development teachers to the department of basic education will be over in nine months, but this does not mean all of them are yet in line to…

  • Charma du Plessis
4 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
AHMED TIMOL SECONDARY SCHOOL

It’ll take teachers with a can-do attitude to pick up the school year

Schools are to start a phased reopening from June 1, but Covid-19 protocols must be in place. And teachers will also have to deal with learners’ and parents’ uncertainty created…

  • Kimon Phitidis
5 min read
EDUCATORS

Teachers disgusted by waste of levies

Teachers have expressed dismay at the ”waste” of levies they pay to the South African Council of Educators.

  • Monako Dibetle
3 min read