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Education MEC: Western Cape schools fully stocked and ready to reopen

There will be more than enough essential items at schools when they reopen next week Wednesday, the Western Cape Education Department has said.

Teachers will be reporting for duty on Monday while learners are expected to return to the classroom on Wednesday for the start of the 2023 academic year at the country’s coastal schools.

Education MEC David Maynier said preparing for a school year required a lot of planning and cooperation from schools, suppliers, and officials.

“Schools were provided with the opportunity to order top-up textbooks for the 2023 school year as early as May 2022,” said Maynier.

“The orders were fully delivered to schools by the end of October. R39 million of stationery goods, R48 million of furniture requests, and R1.6 million were also delivered by December.”

-EWN

In other news – Pregnancy? Here’s the real reason why Nosipho (Nompilo Maphumulo) got fired from Uzalo

She played the role of a pastor’s pregnant fiance in Uzalo. Viewers now believe that she’s pregnant in real life and speculate it’s the reason Uzalo fired her. But actress Nompilo Maphumulo said she’s not expecting. She said her time is up on Uzalo and that’s why she’s being released.

Nompilo Maphumulo

“I think the fake tummy that I’m wearing on set looks real and I portray the role of a pregnant woman well. That’s why people think I’m really pregnant. I’m very much not pregnant. There’s no bun in the oven here,” said Nompilo. Learn More

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