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Middelburg pupils in court after riot

MORE than 60 Mpumalanga high school pupils crammed into a courtroom on Tuesday to face charges following Monday’s violent protest against a teacher who hit a boy. The pupils are…

Pupils run riot at township schools

A GROUP of angry Mpumalanga pupils ran riot on Monday and stoned teachers’ cars in protest against corporal punishment. Police arrested over 60 pupils from Sozama Secondary…

No textbooks for first Ndebele schools

Twenty-five Northern Province schools are set to start teaching Ndebele, but there aren’t any textbooks. TWENTY-FIVE schools are ready to teach Ndebele as a home language for the…

Survival of the greenest in the Cape

To most kids living on the Cape Flats, the term ‘wildlife” means negotiating a daily gauntlet of gangs, violence and drugs. But learners in strife-torn townships like Mitchell’s…

Hot idea gets learners cooking

Waste paper usually lands in a rubbish bin, but at a rural Mpumalanga school it’s turned into special bricks that are used to make fire. The initiative is part of intensive waste…

New law to govern initiation schools

Initiation schools in Mpumalanga are still the sole responsibility of traditional leaders because the province has yet to enact legislation to regulate them. The province’s House…

We need guns’

Terrifying incidents at schools around the country has resulted in a call for staff to be allowed to carry guns at school. A recent incident that has highlighted the…

Flux and the city

Where some may view downtown Jozi as an innocuous slum, while the camera lens discovers the hidden spaces that have become a habitat for the homeless and an exhibition of the…

A sour tale with a sweet ending

<b>Finalist – Corporations:</b> Eskom Cairn Lemon Project David Mabaso can tell you a thing or two about the sweet and sour of life. The tall, 38-year-old son of farm labourers…

Soldiers of nature

Development in Sekhukhuneland in Limpopo cuts like a double-edged sword. Mining creates jobs for thousands who live in the sprawling villages of the area, but the diggings leave…

Farm workers in historic court battle with equity partner

Disgruntled Mpumalanga farm workers are pooling their meagre earnings to take legal action against their equity partner for allegedly refusing to divulge the performance of a…

Evidence on alleged scam goes missing

Three of the Eastern Cape’s most senior officials face possible criminal charges after confirming this week that key documentary evidence relating to an alleged property scam has…

Dough for rural innovators

Losing his job as an electrical appliance repairman turned out to be the best thing for Hobson Nkosi. It sparked a creativity he never knew he had. The 33-year-old from…