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Grade 12 pupil dies after colliding with teammate during cricket match at Krugersdorp High School
Grade 12 pupil dies after colliding with teammate during cricket match at Krugersdorp High School! A Grade 12 pupil from…
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Police investigating attempted murder of Northview High School acting principal
Police investigating attempted murder of Northview High School acting principal! Authorities are investigating an attempted murder case following a shocking…
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Education MEC Chiloane: To improve school safety, parents must play an active role
Education MEC Chiloane: To improve school safety, parents must play an active role! In response to escalating safety concerns at…
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Gangsterism and drugs a concern as 245 Gauteng schools identified as high-risk
Gangsterism and drugs a concern as 245 Gauteng schools identified as high-risk! The Gauteng Department of Education recently announced that…
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One learner still in hospital after suspected food poisoning incident
The Gauteng Department of Education has confirmed that one learner out of the 47 learners who were hospitalised for suspected…
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Investigation under way after school principal gunned down in Gauteng mall
Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Matome Chiloane, has condemned the shooting of a senior school official…
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Food poisoning suspected in deaths of Soweto students
The Gauteng Department of Education says the four learners that passed away in Soweto yesterday are believed to have died…
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Over 200 000 Grades 1 and 8 placement offers issued in Gauteng
The Gauteng Department of Education says over 200 000 placement offers have been issued so far. This comes after the…
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Gauteng Education Dept issues almost 300K placement offers for grades 1 and 8 for 2025
The Gauteng Department of Education has issued close to 300,000 placement offers for grades 1 and 8 for 2025. The…
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Gauteng Education Dept supports signing of BELA Bill
The Gauteng Department of Education has added its voice to those who are encouraging President Cyril Ramaphosa to continue with…
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Food poisoning is on the rise in Gauteng
The Gauteng Department of Health has urged parents and caregivers to be more vigilant with their children, as more and…
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Gauteng Education Dept refuses to pay pension to ex-teacher hit by stroke
A Gauteng teacher says he has been left stranded by the Gauteng Department of Education, which has failed to pay…
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Gauteng teacher dismissed without pay after irregular appointment
There is a rise in irregular temporary, permanent or acting appointments, the Gauteng Department of Education warned. In one such…
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Investigation underway after Gauteng siblings die at school after consuming pap, milk & biscuits at home
Gauteng police are probing the deaths of three siblings, who fell ill at the Evaton Primary School in Sebokeng on…
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Gauteng Education Dept extends Grade 1 and 8 online admissions deadline
The Gauteng Department of Education has extended the 2025 online admission period by 48 hours to allow parents who haven’t…
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GDE: 11 learners who died in Carletonville crash to be laid to rest in West Rand
The Gauteng Department of Education said the 11 pupils who died in a Carletonville crash will be laid to rest…
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AfriForum says Gauteng Education undermines SGB for launching independent investigation at PHSG
AfriForum said the Gauteng Department of Education was undermining the School Governing Body (SGB) at Pretoria High School for Girls…
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Gauteng Dept says it can’t interfere in outcome of internal probe into PHSG racism claims
The Gauteng Department of Education says it cannot interfere with the controversial outcome of an internal investigation into claims of…
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Gauteng Education Dept to make public report on Daveyton Skills School learners’ deaths
The Gauteng Department of Education is expected to make public the report into the deaths of two learners from the…
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Pupil from Pretoria High School for Girls says latest racism scandal left her feeling unwelcome
A pupil at Pretoria High School for Girls has spoken out about the latest racism scandal at the institution, saying…
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Hammanskraal learner tests negative for monkeypox after GDE follows due diligence
A grade one learner from Hammanskraal who was suspected of having mpox has tested negative for the viral disease. This…
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Teacher collapses & passes away on Gauteng school premises
The Gauteng Department of Education has suffered another blow after a teacher from Bophelong Secondary School in Vanderbijlpark collapsed and…
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Gauteng Education Dept to visit school for fact-finding mission after the drowning of two pupils
The Gauteng Department of Education will visit the Daveyton Skills School in Benoni for what it called a fact-finding mission…
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GP Education Dept set to reveal findings of investigation into Latoya Temilton’s death
The Gauteng Department of Education is set to reveal the findings of an investigation into 12-year-old Latoya Temilton’s death. The…
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Education MEC Chiloane condemns teacher arrested for alleged drug possession at Ekurhuleni school
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane expressed disappointment at a teacher who was arrested for allegedly being in possession of drugs…
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Gauteng Education MEC: Pupil who shot principal targeted other teachers as well
A pupil who was arrested for shooting his school’s principal allegedly had intentions to also harm two other teachers, says…
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Counseling offered after Grade 6 pupil allegedly shoots principal
The Gauteng Department of Education says it will be providing counselling and trauma support to Primrose Hill Primary School teachers…
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Gauteng police investigating pupil’s death after she allegedly ate biscuits from spaza shop
Police are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a grade one pupil who died after allegedly eating biscuits reportedly bought…
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Gauteng Education MEC lauds quality of matric results in township schools
The Gauteng Department of Education has lauded schools in townships for changing negative perceptions about the quality of education delivered…
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Matric 2024: Gauteng Education Department to award top-achieving candidates
The Gauteng Department of Education will award top-achieving matriculants from the province’s 2023 cohort in Sandton on Friday morning. The…
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Angie Motshekga urges learners to stay sober & to avoid teen pregnancies
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has urged thousands of young pupils who returned to school on Wednesday, to desist from…
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Gauteng school sinkhole yet to be repaired, pupils likely to continue learning in mobile classes
It remains to be seen how a massive sinkhole will affect schooling at Relebogile Secondary School in Carletonville. It’s been…
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Midrand boys accused of gang rape released into custody of their parents
Two rape-accused learners, both aged 17, were granted bail when they appeared before the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. Three boys aged…
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Gauteng Education Dept launches probe into rape allegations at Joburg school for disabled pupils
The Gauteng Department of Education has launched an investigation into a series of rape allegations at a school for physically…
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Soshanguve space muffins: Gauteng Education Dept asks community help to keep drugs from schools
The Gauteng Department of Education said it needs communities to work with them to keep drugs away from schools. This…
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Space at Gauteng schools tight for 2024 academic year
The Gauteng Department of Education is confident the placement process will go better than in previous years, despite applications to…
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Concern after Tsakane Secondary School reports 3 suicides and 4 attempts
The Gauteng Department of Education has raised the alarm about the “recurring” scourge of suicide incidents at Tsakane Secondary School.…
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Crowthorne Christian Academy parents urged to contact Department over their kids’ move
The Gauteng Department of Education urged parents whose children were attending Crowthorne Christian Academy to contact the department to receive…
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Gauteng Education Dept shuts Crowthorne Christian Academy and moves learners elsewhere
The Gauteng Department of Education is moving pupils from the bogus Crowthorne Christian Academy to other schools after it resolved…
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Gauteng Education Department identifies 275 high-security risk schools for pupils
The Gauteng Department of Education identified 275 schools in the province that it deemed are a high-security risk for pupils.…
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Gauteng to announce commencement of 2024 online school admissions
The Gauteng Department of Education will announce the commencement of the 2024 online admissions for Grade 1 and Grade 8…
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Gauteng teacher fired for hugging pupil, loses labour court battle
A natural science teacher, who hugged a grade 9 pupil and told her he loved her and was subsequently fired,…
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Probe into Kganya Mokhele’s death at Little Ashford stalled
Investigations into the incident that led to the death of toddler Kganya Mokhele stalled as the Gauteng Department of Education…
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Mamelodi school being probed for policy excluding pregnant pupils
On Thursday last week, the day after GroundUp requested comment from the Gauteng Department of Education about an admission policy…
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Department of Education yet to place over 570 grade 1 and 8 pupils
The Gauteng Department of Education says a total of 571 grade 1 & 8 learners are yet to be placed.…
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Alexandra high school protests for their safety after deputy principal stabbed by pupil
The Gauteng Department of Education has expressed great concern following the unrest that broke out by learners in Alexandra after…
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Grade 11 pupil killed in school fight in Gauteng
A Grade 11 learner at Sir Pierre van Ryneveld High School in Kempton Park, Joburg died in Tembisa Hospital following…
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Gauteng Education Dept warns s.e.xual harassment won’t be tolerated at schools
The Gauteng Department of Education has warned that s.e.xual harassment will not be tolerated at schools and offenders will face…
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Teacher suspended after calling a grandparent trash in verbal altercation at school in Gauteng
The Gauteng Department of Education suspended a teacher from Fred Norman Secondary School following a viral video of a verbal…
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Online registration for grades 1 and 8 opens this week in Gauteng
The Gauteng Department of Education is on a countdown for online registrations for grades 1 and 8 in public schools.…
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