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Families mourn 5 child deaths in Soweto after alleged food poisoning
Gauteng police are investigating the deaths of five schoolchildren in Naledi, Soweto. They allegedly died after eating food suspected to…
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Gauteng Education to conduct investigation into pupil’s drowning
Gauteng Education is roping in an independent legal firm to investigate how a Grade 7 female pupil from Laerskool Queenswood…
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Report into death of Sibusiso Mbatha to be released
The family of Sibusiso Mbatha will find out if a teacher can be blamed for his suicide. Gauteng Education will…
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Overcrowding still an issue in Gauteng schools
Gauteng Education admits overcrowding remains a challenge in the province. It says correct pupil-teacher ratios are not being met in…
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About 90 Tshwane pupils rushed to hospital, vomiting & showing strange behaviour after eating dagga-laced muffins
At least 90 learners from Pulamadibogo Primary School in Soshanguve, Tshwane, have been rushed to local medical facilities after experiencing…
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Gauteng Education urges parents to take up placement offers for 2024 school year
The Department of Basic Education in Gauteng has urged parents who have not yet accepted offered spaces for the 2024…
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Gauteng Education to launch programme to build new classrooms
The Gauteng MEC for Education, Matome Chiloane, says his department is launching a program to build new classrooms and complete…
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Crawford College fires teacher over racist lesson
Gauteng Education wants an 82-year-old teacher barred from ever teaching again. She was dismissed after writing racist terms on a…
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Gauteng Education calls on residents to reduce violence in communities
The Gauteng Education Department says it is difficult to deal with violence outside school premises. It is now calling on…
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Teacher shoots knife-wielding intruder
Gauteng Education will probe why a teacher was armed while at school. The Kagiso Secondary School teacher shot and killed…
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Gauteng Education advises parents not to shut down or disrupt learning when unhappy with department
The Gauteng Education Department has appealed to parents not to shut down schools or disrupt learning when disgruntled with the…
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GP Education visits Soweto teen’s family after school stabbing
Gauteng Education officials have visited the home of the teen pupil who was stabbed to death at a school in…
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Popular gospel artist falls victim to s.e.xual assault
A former TV actress and gospel artist is furious after a primary school principal in Gauteng allegedly s.e.xually harassed her.…
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Gauteng Education Dept has failed the family of murdered Alex pupil, says MEC Lesufi
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has acknowledged that his department had failed the family of the 15-year-old boy who was…
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MEC Lesufi: Fake news impeding rollout among teachers
Fake news and myths are some of the reasons why teachers aren’t taking the COVID-19 vaccine according to Gauteng Education…
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Gauteng education: Over 95% of grade 1 and 8 pupils for 2021 already placed
Gauteng’s education department says it has so far placed just over 95% of grade 1 and 8 pupils for the…
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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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Panyaza Lesufi saddened by brutal murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl
Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Sunday conveyed his condolences to the family of a 15-year-old school pupil who was…
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