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Equal Education slams withholding of matric results over outstanding school fees
Equal Education says schools have no right to withhold pupils’ results the results of pupils due to unpaid school fees.…
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Students suspended over Cape Town school slave auction
Several Pinelands High School students have been suspended amid an outcry over an alleged racist incident. According to eNCA, the…
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Probe underway after video of learners auctioning off Black classmates goes viral
The Western Cape Education Department is probing allegations of racism at a Cape school after a video went viral of…
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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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WCED: Incident of alleged racism at Table View High School being probed
The Western Cape Education Department said that an investigation into alleged racism at Table View High School was underway. This…
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Back to school: Western Cape education looks forward to welcoming pupils
The Western Cape Education Department said that it is looking forward to welcoming pupils back to school on Tuesday for…
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Western Cape applications for Grades 1 and 8 now open
Parents who are looking to enroll their children for Grade 1 and 8 at a Western Cape school can do…
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Western Cape education dept confirms stabbing incident at J.G. Meiring High School
The Western Cape Education Department has confirmed that a Grade 11 pupil from JG Meiring High School in Goodwood has…
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Western Cape matric candidates have 4 days left to register to rewrite exams
There are only four days left until registration closes for matric candidates in the Western Cape who did not achieve…
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Mitchells Plain school reeling after pupil knocked down by vehicle dies
A Mitchells Plain school is reeling following the death of a grade 1 learner after being knocked over by a…
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Grade 1 Cape Town learner ran over by car has died
A grade 1 pupil from Westpoort Primary School in Mitchells Plain died after being knocked over by a private scholar…
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Western Cape Education Dept: All systems go for start of 2024 academic year
The Western Cape Education Department says it’s prepared for the start of the 2024 academic year, despite absorbing a R700…
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WCED: Significant budget cuts impacted plans to build 21 new schools
The Western Cape Education Department says a R790 million budget cut has impacted its plans to build 21 new schools…
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17-year-old kills fellow learner at school in alleged revenge attack over a chair
A fight over a chair ended up with a learner stabbed to death at a Samora Machel high school. The…
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Western Cape reopens schools after severe storms
The Western Cape Education Department says it has made significant progress in re-opening schools after severe storms battered the province…
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Western Cape Eduaction Dept notes improved learner attendance after taxi strike
The Western Cape Education Department says it has seen a massive improvement in school attendance this week. This follows a…
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More than 450 000 Cape Town pupils absent from school amid taxi strike
The Western Cape Education Department said over 450,000 school pupils did not attend school on Monday due to the ongoing…
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Western Cape floods will have significant impact on agri sector & economy, says Winde
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde believes the recent floods will have a significant impact on the province’s agricultural sector and…
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Western Cape Education Dept calls on parents to view outcome of school applications by Monday
The Western Cape Education Department has called on parents who applied for school placements for their children between 13 March…
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WC Education Dept urges parents to complete applications for 2024 school placements
The Western Cape Education Department is calling on parents and guardians to complete any outstanding applications for 2024 school placements.…
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WC Education Dept warns deadline for 2024 school applications closing on 14 April
The Western Cape Education Department has warned that parents have just one week left to get 2024 school applications in…
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Western Cape Education sets aside R68 million to support autistic pupils
The Western Cape Education Department has set aside R68 million rand to improve support for autistic pupils. It announced this…
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Over 51 000 applications already made for 2024 school year in Western Cape
The Western Cape Education Department says it has already received over 51 000 applications for the 2024 school admissions. Online…
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WC Education Dept welcomes arrest of 17 people for stealing R12m from scholar transport grant
The Western Cape Education Department has welcomed the arrest of 17 people accused of stealing R12 million from the scholar…
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Judgement reserved in Western Cape Education Dept and Codeta scholar transport row
Judgement in the matter between the Western Cape Education Department and Taxi Association Codeta (Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi…
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WC Education Dep: Khayelitsha & Mfuleni learner transport operational again
The Western Cape Education Department said all contracted learner transport buses in Khayelitsha and Mfuleni have been able to operate…
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Western Cape Education Dept devises action plan against minibus taxi blockades
The Western Cape Education Department and police have agreed on a plan of action following minibus taxi blockades preventing learners…
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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…
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WC Education Dept urges parents to start preparing for school admission process for 2023
The school admission process in the Western Cape for 2023 is set to start next Monday. The Western Cape Education…
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LGBTQI children speak out
A recent social media post regarding a boy wearing a dress to a Cape Town school has once again shone…
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WC Education Dept investigating alleged racism incident at Cape Town high school
The Western Cape Education Department said that it was investigating an incident at a Cape Town school where a black…
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Parliament committee condemns alleged racism incident at Milnerton High School
A Parliamentary committee has called on the Western Cape Education Department to investigate the humiliation of a black pupil at…
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WC Education Dept engaging with Malmesbury school after protest over overcrowding
The Western Cape Education Department said that it had been talking with a Malmesbury school after scores of pupils took…
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WC Education Dept says it’s doing all it can to find space for unplaced pupils
The Western Cape Education Department said that it was doing everything it could to find space for hundreds of school…
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WC Education Department reduces number of unplaced pupils in Province
The Western Cape Education Department has reduced the number of unplaced pupils in the Province. With coastal schools set to…
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WC Education Dept says it’s in a better position with pupil placements for 2022
Despite receiving over 32,000 late school applications and counting, the Western Cape Education Department said that it had worked hard…
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Dept of Basic Education confident Gauteng pupil placement backlog will be cleared
The Basic Education Department is confident that by next week the backlog with school placement would be cleared in the…
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74 073 Western Cape matrics gearing up for final exams
Grade 12s are hitting the books a little harder this week. They’ll sit for their final exams which start in…
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Western Cape Education MEC hopes for disruption-free matric exam period
The Western Cape Education Department said that following the onslaught of COVID-19 and the effect that it has had on…
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Teacher resigns amid s.e.xual offences allegations with pupil in Stellenbosch
A Stellenbosch teacher has resigned after allegations of sexual offences relating to a pupil arose. The teacher who taught at…
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Police investigate shooting of Grade 6 teacher
Police are investigating another school shooting, this time at a primary school in Heinz Park in Cape Town. A Grade…
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Absent pupils must be tracked and helped as school dropout rate triples
The latest NIDS-CRAM study shows the school dropout rate has tripled from 230,000 pupils pre-pandemic to 750,000 in May this…
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WC Education Dept would need R800 million to address teacher posts backlog
The Western Cape Education Department needs more than R800 million to fill a backlog of 2 000 teacher posts accumulated…
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Video: Girl’s hair set on fire by bully in the class
A high school boy has been suspended after he set fire to a girl’s hair while taunting her in class.…
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Western Cape ANC approaches HRC and PSC over unplaced learners in province
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has formally approached the Human Rights Commission and the Public Service…
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Western Cape schools gear up for COVID-19 third wave
The Western Cape Education Department is wary about the possibility of a third wave of COVID-19 infections. Many schools were…
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WC Education dept urges all pupils to return to school and complete studies
The Western Cape Education Department has urged pupils who haven’t returned to school due disruptions in 2020 to return to…
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Western Cape loses 104 teachers to Covid-19, majority infected in December
The Western Cape Education Department said 104 teachers in the province had succumbed to COVID-19-related complications since the start of…
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Brackenfell school evacuated after bomb scare
Pupils at Cape Town’s Protea Heights Academy in Brackenfell had to be evacuated on Wednesday after a bomb scare. The…
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SA Doctor who revealed he can cure Gays and Transgender children under fire
An “almost qualified” psychiatrist has been reported to the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) over his controversial comments around…
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