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I am opposed to BELA Bill and will not attend signing ceremony at Union Buildings, says Siviwe Gwarube
As the hour approached for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s hyped signing of the contentious Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill into…
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Sadtu not happy with appointment of DA’s Siviwe Gwarube as Basic Education Minister
The ANC-aligned South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu), which is the largest teachers union in the country, has quickly expressed…
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Minister Angie Motshekga urges learners to seek help when facing challenges
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has called on parents and NGOs to work with educators to address the rising number…
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Angie Motshekga says matrics of 2023 not an ordinary class & deserve to be celebrated
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said the matric class of 2023 deserved to be celebrated, perhaps more than any other…
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Minister Angie Motshekga set to release highly anticipated Matric results
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will release the much anticipated National Senior Certificate (NSC) results for the Class of 2023…
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Minister Motshekga urges parents, teachers & pupils to work together to guarantee success of 2024 academic year
As South Africa on Wednesday officially kicked off the school year, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga urged parents, teachers, and…
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Investigation into school food supply in KZN
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is intervening in the KwaZulu-Natal school nutrition programme saga. She wants all documents proving that…
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Basic Education Minister wants answers over school feeding scheme
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga wants her KwaZulu-Natal MEC to explain why pupils are going hungry in the province. Officials…
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga addresses the media
Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga addresses media briefing on developments in the Basic Education sector following a meeting with MECs.…
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Free State leads the Class of 2022 at 88.5%: Minister Angie Motshekga
The 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC) overall pass rate has reached 80.1%, an improvement of 3.7% from the Class of…
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Lack of infrastructure a factor influencing matric’s performance
A lack of infrastructure, particularly in some schools in townships and rural areas, is cited as a contributing factor in…
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Angei Motshekga wishes matric class of 2022 well for final exams
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has wished the class of 2022 well ahead of the start of the national senior…
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Minister Motshekga: Load shedding won’t disrupt matric exams
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says load shedding won’t disrupt this year’s exams. The Minister addressed the public on Sunday…
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Minister Motshekga talks about the importance of foundation phase for children’s development
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has once again reiterated the importance of the foundation phase for the development of children.…
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All learners to make full return to schools from Monday: Minister Angie Motshekga
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced that all learners will make a full return to school with effect from…
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga confident schools are ready
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is confident all schools are ready for full-time classes. Cabinet ended rotational learning earlier this…
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Best results in history of National Senior Certificate – Minister Angie Motshekga
Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, has congratulated the matric class of 2021 for achieving high-quality passes despite the pandemic. Motshekga…
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Minister Angie Motshekga happy with 2022 academic year readiness
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says she is happy that the start of the 2022 academic year is smooth. Speaking…
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Dept exploring ways of returning schooling to normality amid pandemic, says Angie Motshekga
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that the department was exploring how to return normality to schooling amid the COVID-19…
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Motshekga concerned about pupils as Class of 2021 begin final exams
The Class of 2021 has experienced the worst circumstances due to Covid-19. That’s the concern of Basic Education Minister Angie…
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Teenage pregnancy a national crisis that needs urgent action: Minister Angie Motshekga
Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga says teenage pregnancy has become a national crisis in South Africa. The Gauteng Department of…
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The school calendar for 2021 remains the same
The school calendar for 2021 remains the same. This means there will be no scrapping of holidays There were speculations…
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Department of education ready for schools to reopen on Monday
Basic Education Minister on Saturday morning provided clarity on the plans for schooling in South Africa after weeks of uncertainty…
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga gives an update on school readiness
Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, will hold a media briefing to provide an update on the basic education sector’s response…
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Minister Angie Motshekga failed to explain matric pass rate vs school drop-outs
A “significant” number of school drop-outs who started Grade 1 with the cohort that wrote the matric exam last year…
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Mixed reactions from parents on reopening of schools amid new COVID-19 variant
Parents express mixed views about the reopening of public schools as government schools across the country open for learning on…
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Solidarity weighs in on schools reopening
Solidarity has warned Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to withdraw her directive on independent schools’ reopening or face the consequences.…
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2021 school year delayed by two weeks – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga
The Basic Education Department says the start of the 2021 school year will be delayed by two weeks. The department…
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It may be too soon to reopen schools: Naptosa
Government schools are due to reopen on 27 January. But there are discussions underway already about whether it’s safe to…
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Matric marking to begin Monday – Minister Angie Motshekga
The matric script marking process is expected to begin on Monday. Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, released new guidelines for…
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Basic Education Minister Angie Mosthekga to implement a three-year recovery plan
The Basic Education Department says it will implement a three-year recovery plan. Minister Angie Motshekga says the recovery plan will focus…
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Over 700 pupils tested positive for COVID-19
Over 700 pupils have tested positive for COVID-19. This was revealed by Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga at a briefing…
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga outlines school readiness plans for 2021
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will outline her department’s plans for 2021. The minister is expected to give an update…
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Legal challenge to be heard on Matric rewrite
The legal challenge of the matric rewrite will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Basic Education…
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Matric Exams: Minister Angie Motshekga says no room for compromise
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is sticking to her decision, saying she can’t see any room for compromise and the…
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga briefing on Matric exams
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will update South Africans on the progress of the matric exams on Friday. The matrics…
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Basic Education officials locked in meeting over leaked science exam paper
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and the nine provincial MECs, as well as senior officials at the department, were locked…
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga warns matrics of punishment for cheating
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga warned matrics of the harsh penalties of cheating. Motshekga confirmed on Wednesday that the leaked…
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Minister Motshekga briefing Education MECs on 2020 Matric exams
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has convened an urgent meeting with all Education MECs after a matric maths paper was…
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Matric students do not have to rewrite Maths Paper Two – Minister Angie Motshekga
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says matric students will not have to rewrite Maths Paper Two, following a leak, discovered…
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We hope learners got all the support needed for final exams – Minister Angie Motshekga
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga visited her former high school, Sekano-Ntoane Secondary School in Soweto on Thursday. Her visit comes…
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga seeks other ways of dealing with social distancing at schools
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says they have had to also cut out some parts of the curriculum because of…
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Minister Angie Motshekga concerned about many learners who are not back to schools
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has expressed concern that many learners have not returned to schools despite the resumption of…
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These are the New 2021 start dates for South African schools and universities
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says to ensure that matriculants are not compromised by the late release of the Grade…
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Basic education minister Angie Motshekga insists schools were ready to reopen
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga says the government is satisfied that its systems are ready – and have been ready…
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This is the reason why private schools did not need to close: Minister Angie Motshekga
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says it would not have served anyone’s interest to ask private schools to go on…
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga calls on communities not to vandalise schools
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a four-week school closure amid the Covid-19 peak.…
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Sadtu expects response after meeting with Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga
Teacher unions have met with Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to present their plans on the operation of schools during…
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Unions vow to shut down schools as Covid-19 continues to kill teachers
The 27000-member Educators Union of SA (Eusa) has vowed to forcibly shut down schools as it ramps up its message…
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Schooling to resume while teacher unions await final decision from Minister Angie Motshekga
The impasse between Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and teacher unions over the unions’ demand of a total shutdown of…
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