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Grade 9 pupil arrested after fatal school stabbing
A stabbing incident at a school in Soweto has led to the death of a Grade 10 pupil. According to…
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Video of pupils in uniform smoking marijuana at school goes viral – WATCH
Following a viral “dagga day” video from social media, 36 Leondale High School pupils have been suspended. The video showed…
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We are shattered by his loss, says family of murdered pupil Nhlanhla Tshabalala
The family of Nhlanhla Tshabalala on Monday said they felt hurt and shattered about the loss of their son. The…
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2 Gauteng pupils drown at Durban beach during school trip
Two pupils from Hoërskool Birchleigh in Kempton Park have passed on after allegedly drowning at the Durban North beach during…
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Parents upset over principal’s return to primary school
Some concerned parents have threatened to remove their children from Centurion Primary School after the return of the school principal.…
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MEC Panyaza Lesufi visits Brakpan school following death of pupil
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited the Tsakane Secondary School in Brakpan on Monday to understand the circumstances around an…
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Worry as more pupils stabbed
Pupils are increasingly running out of safe space both inside the schoolyard and outside the gates. On Friday a Grade…
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Gauteng Education welcomes changes to Alert Level 1
Cabinet has approved several changes to the adjusted Alert Level 1 of Covid-19 regulations. Schools will now return to full-time…
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Deputy principal’s murder being investigated
Police are investigating the murder of the Phomolong Secondary School deputy principal who was shot dead on Friday afternoon. The…
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Horror as Grade 10 Daveyton school pupil shoots schoolmate before turning gun on himself
A grade 10 pupil has shot and killed another pupil before taking his own life. The Gauteng Education Department said…
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Angie Motshekga says school admissions issues will be resolved
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the school admissions issues will be resolved. Hundreds of parents went to the Gauteng…
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Governing bodies call for improved school admissions system
The National Association of School Governing Bodies has called on the department of education to step up and ensure the…
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GP Education Dept gives parents more time to submit documents for placement
The Gauteng Department of Education has announced an extension for parents who have not submitted all the necessary documents that…
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2 grade 10 pupils allegedly kidnapped in Pretoria safely returned home
Two grade 10 girl pupils who were allegedly kidnapped have returned home in Pretoria. The Gauteng Department of Education said…
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More officials could face charges over school decontamination contracts, says GDE
The Gauteng Education Department said that more officials could be charged over the R431 million school decontamination scandal. The department…
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Top managers charged internally over Gauteng school decontamination scandal
Three senior managers from the Gauteng Education Department have been charged internally as recommended by a Special Investigating Unit (SIU)…
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Online applications for 2022 academic year open on Monday in Gauteng
The Gauteng department of education has announced that phase-two online applications for 2022 will begin on 13 September 2021. Parents…
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Over 300 000 applications for 2022 grade 8 academic received so far, says GED
Parents wanting to enroll their children for grade 8 for the 2022 academic year in Gauteng public schools have until…
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No action after school assistant beats pupil with a plank
Two months after being beaten with a plank, a Kempton Park grade nine pupil faces his alleged attacker daily, and…
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GP Education says 6 culprits identified in Glenvista school hall torching
The Gauteng Department of Education says six culprits have been identified following the arson attack on a school hall at…
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Heartbreaking: Teacher kicks Grade R pupil out of school for wearing old & broken shoes
That teacher is evil, said people who heard what the teacher did to the Grade R pupil. She allegedly chased…
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Grade 1 pupil raped at Soshanguve school
A grade 1 pupil has been raped at a school in Soshanguve allegedly by an employee at the learning facility.…
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MEC Lesufi hopeful 7% of teachers who refused vaccines can still change their minds
Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi, says as the rollout continues for different groups, he hopes the seven percent of…
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More than 9 000 of Gauteng education staff refuse to take COVID vaccine
The Gauteng Department of Education on Friday said vaccine hesitancy among its educators threatened the academic year and the government’s…
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GP Education not considering closing schools over COVID-19 cases yet
Despite the growing number of pupils at schools across Gauteng testing positive for COVID-19, the Department of Education said there…
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About 2 000 pupils tested positive for COVID in Gauteng schools
The Gauteng government on Friday said nearly 2,000 pupils in the province’s public schools had tested positive for COVID-19. As…
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2 teachers took turns to rape 13-year-old pupil, took photos of her privates & gave her birth control pills
Two more teachers bust for rape of pupil ● 361 cases of s.e.xual misconduct against educators reported since 2016. The…
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Gauteng Education Dept investigates suspected food poisoning case at Mamelodi school
The Gauteng Education Department has launched an investigation into a suspected case of food poisoning at the Vlakfontein Secondary School…
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Gauteng school boy commits suicide after girlfriend refuses to have s.e.x with him in class
A 17-year-old boy killed himself after a quarrel about s.e.x with his girlfriend. The unfortunate incident happened in Hammanskraal at…
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MEC Panyaza Lesufi saddened by deaths of 2 Gauteng pupils
Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Thursday said he was saddened by the deaths of two pupils who passed away…
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Probe launched following Grade 7 pupil’s mysterious death
The Gauteng Education Department has appointed an “independent investigative body” to probe the mysterious death of a Grade 7 pupil…
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Parents unhappy with state of Hammanskraal’s Selang Primary School
As school reopened on Monday, some parents feared their children could be injured while learning at Selang Primary School in…
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MEC Lesufi disputes DA’s R1 billion education irregular expenditure claim
The Gauteng department of education has fired back at the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the province after the opposition party…
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Cosas threatens to close private schools in Gauteng
The Gauteng Basic Education Department says private schools are to blame for threats being made by Cosas. The student body…
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Glitches hit Gauteng’s online school applications again
Gauteng department of education spokesperson Steve Mabona said the first day of online applications were always problematic. The Gauteng education…
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Soshanguve’s Amogelang Secondary School goes up in flames
Even with the national lockdown in full force criminals are still continuing their tirade on schools in the province. This…
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Thieves vandalize 5 schools in the Vaal, steal equipment and groceries
At Beverly High School in Evaton, they broke into an administration block and made off with printers, computers, 14 floodlights,…
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Education department considers compensating pupil who lost finger at school
No parent sends their child to school to come back home with a missing finger, spokesperson for the Department of…
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Missing special needs schoolgirl found roaming in Roodepoort CBD
The teenage girl who went missing from the Lantern School for learners with special needs in Roodepoort on Monday has…
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2 pupils killed in taxi crash in Olifantsfontein near Midrand
The Gauteng Education Department’s Steve Mabona said that MEC Panyaza Lesufi was on his way to the victims’ primary school.…
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Grade 8 boy allegedly stabbed to death by grade 12 girl
In a yet another fatal attack involving Gauteng pupils in the Merafong area, a grade 12 girl allegedly stabbed a…
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Gauteng DoE disputes school placement report
The Gauteng Education Department is refuting a study on school placement problems. The Centre for Child Law says the department…
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Hoërskool Gerrit Maritz closes due to admission conflict
At least three schools in Pretoria north alone were stormed by scores of disgruntled parents on Wednesday demanding that their…
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Secondary school catches fire on first day of school
Khutlo Tharo Secondary School in Evaton in the Vaal caught fire on Wednesday. While its a happy day for many…
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Grade 10 girl suspended from Gauteng school after video of assault on boy goes viral
A 16-year-old Grade 10 female pupil at Jan Viljoen Hoerskool was suspended with immediate effect for allegedly assaulting a 16-year-old…
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Grade 4 pupil suspended for allegedly throwing pencil case at teacher
A Heidelberg teacher was rushed to a local hospital after a Grade 4 pupil allegedly threw his pencil case at…
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Investigation set after pupils turned away from exams for wearing wrong school shoes
Two primary school pupils, aged 10 and 12, who were turned away from their school for not wearing the correct…
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R220K is reportedly missing at Forest High School
The amount recorded in the school’s cash receipt books reportedly does not match the school’s bank records. A tip-off from…
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