A Mitchells Plain mother has been arrested after she allegedly choked her newborn son to death and hid him under a mattress. According to a source close to the case, the woman was pregnant by a married man. The incident happened at the mother’s Beacon Valley home on Saturday afternoon. A suspicious visitor told her..
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Mother of Mitchells Plain accused of killing newborn, hiding body under mattress
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Pupils from Esokheni Secondary School torch ‘ugly’ school and demand breakfast be served! Say no more!
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Pupils from Esokheni Secondary School near Greytown are reportedly unhappy with the aesthetic appearance of the school in relation to others in the district. More than changing the school’s infrastructure‚ protesting scholars want breakfast served as part of the existing school nutrition programme. Education Department spokesperson‚ Kwazi Mthethwa‚ said that a delegation of officials had..
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Father brutally beats five-year-old to death in Johannesburg
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“I called his name; he looked up at me and sighed his last breath.” Rashieda Landis recalled the last moments of a five-year-old boy’s life after he was allegedly severely beaten by his father on Thursday night. Landis‚ a ward councillor of Chrisville‚ south of Johannesburg‚ said that the boy’s father reacted casually to the..
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Lessons to be learnt from the rest of the African continent
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While South Africa had “a head start in the level of its development compared to other African economies” there was much to learn from the rest of the continent, many of who were “making greater progress, despite starting from a low base.” South Africa also had a role to play in contributing to the continent’s..
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Alleged prophet arrested for raping four minor children
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The Saps Family violence, child protection and Sexual Offences Unit in Tzaneen have arrested a 32 year old self proclaimed prophet for raping four minor children in the Maake Policing area outside Tzaneen. It is alleged that the four victims aged 12, 14, 14, and 16 who were ushers in the suspect’s Church at Burgersdorp..
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Black experts in the health sector: Where are they?
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Whether it is a story looking at the latest HIV policies or the best way to deliver a baby, I rely on the expertise of health professionals to help me to get my facts right. But in my year as a health reporter, I have been alarmed by one particular aspect of these interactions: the..
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Klipspruit West parents- Black teachers call our kids ‘coloured bastards’
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Disgruntled community members in Klipspruit West, Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, say coloured pupils are being degraded by black teachers at the Klipspruit West Secondary School. The issue of race seems to be at the centre of the unhappiness among locals in the area. “Many of the children drop out of the school and are..
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ANC plays it safe: free higher education soon – Bribery at its best!
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The ANC wants the government to provide free higher education for poor would-be students as early as next year. At a lekgotla of the governing party’s national executive committee at the weekend in Tshwane, it was proposed that the 2018 budget include provision for full first-year subsidies for students from households with a gross income..
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Students still want free education: “We will never shift our eyes from our objectives”
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The call for free education is an objective university students are still advocating for‚ Fees Must Fall activist Mcebo Dlamini said on Wednesday. “Whatever happens‚ we will never shift our eyes from our objectives and we are still advocating for free education‚ very strongly‚” the student leader said. Dlamini said students will make a call..
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TEENAGERS SHOULD ENJOY THEMSELVES WHILE THEY CAN -TEEN PREGNANCY IS NOT A PROBLEM – REVEALS MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION
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Saying that most teenage girls in South African schools are already engaging in sexual activities, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga revealed on Thursday afternoon that the rate of young girls falling pregnant while they are still in school increases every year. “The situation is getting worse every year and we have realised there is..
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Volunteers steal food at school nutrition scheme
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Volunteers who helped in an campaign feeding schoolchildren in Khayelitsha near Cape Town were arrested after apparently helping themselves to the food that was intended for learners. The volunteers helped to provide food for approximately 1 157 pupils from the Isiphiwo Primary School in Harare twice a day. After the police received a tip-off, five..
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Wounded father lies helpless as young daughter is shot dead by intruder
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A father lay helpless with bullet wounds as his 12-year-old daughter was shot dead in their family home in Bethelsdorp in Port Elizabeth last week. Bethelsdorp police said an intruder forced his way into the home after the father refused him entry. “The family was asleep when they heard loud knocking on their front door…
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Mpumalange Teachers working only two hours a day because of a teachers’ go-slow
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The education of thousands of Mpumalanga schoolchildren has ground to a near halt and exams have been postponed because of a teachers’ go-slow. For the past three weeks, teachers in the province have been coming to work for only two hours a day. Schools open at 8am and close at 10am. The protest is over..
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Education in SA is pathetic – 5‚139 teachers who are unqualified or under-qualified, maybe you should consider homeschooling !!
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Every day‚ tens of thousands of school children are being taught by teachers who aren’t qualified to do the job. The result is that pupils are “not receiving the quality of teaching they’re supposed to be getting”‚ the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) has admitted. And with mathematics and the sciences the subjects hardest..
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