The Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have begun a probe into the circumstances around the death in 1967 of ANC leader Albert Luthuli.
Luthuli, who had been banned from addressing public gatherings and placed under house arrest by the apartheid regime, died after being hit by a train near his home in Groutville, near KwaDukuza on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, on July 21 1967.
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A 42 year old female was arrested for possession of suspected stolen groceries in Bluegumview, Duduza. This was after sector police members followed information about a syndicate involving the delivery of school groceries intended for the school nutrition program.
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One of the worst school grades for failure in the province is Grade1. This “Grade 1 crisis” was revealed by Eastern Cape education MEC Mandla Makupula late last week.
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A public apology has been issued to the community of Phaposane‚ parents and learners at Pitso-Letlhogile secondary school by the North West Department of Health.
The department said it has “reflected on the incident of birth control injection of learners for prevention of pregnancy” at Pitso-Letlhogile Secondary School at Phaposane near Ganyesa.
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Lesufi, who visited the school today, says the pupil was driven to attack the teacher because she was anxious about writing a test.
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Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, announced a new plan to lower the pass mark in public schools even more. This, despite that fact that our current education system ranks amongst the lowest 5 in the WORLD!
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Students have stopped classes at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Pietermaritzburg campus. Student Representative Council (SRC) member Xola Mehlomakhulu said students had not received their National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) allowances for food and accommodation. He also claimed that post-graduate students were being excluded from the fund and unable to further their studies.
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is once again eyeing bringing down the pass requirements in public schools.
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JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says that his department will protect and defend the Afrikaans language in schools.
The MEC was responding to a report that around 119 schools which were either Afrikaans medium or dual-medium have been changed to English.
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The lack of supervision in the classroom has turned out to be a recipe for disaster as pupils loiter around the school while others engage in violence. Last week, two Grade 11 boys stabbed each other with a pair of scissors inside the classroom in front of their cheering classmates.
The fight was recorded on a fellow pupil’s cellphone. The footage shows a pupil stabbing another twice in the face as others try to intervene while others cheer them on. Seconds later, the stabbed pupil is seen angrily leaving the classroom with blood oozing from his face.
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Angry parents have shut down a school in the Eastern Cape in the wake of a scandal in which schoolgirls were extorted for sex in exchange for passing the year, and which left one schoolgirl pregnant.
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State of the Nation Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, 16 February 2018, Parliament
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete,
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi Modise,
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On Monday, about 80 disgruntled parents, learners and community members attempted to close Sandisulwazi Secondary School in Paterson, Eastern Cape. The protesters are demanding a teacher to teach Afrikaans as a subject.
Sandisulwazi has nine teachers, eight of whom are Xhosa-speaking and one English-speaking. There are 303 learners at the school, 65 of whom are Afrikaans-speaking.
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A fire was started in the administration building of Shondoni Secondary School in Vuwani outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo on Friday morning.
Brig. Police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapelo said the fire was discovered around 05:16 face. “The police were called to the scene. The principal of the school was the first to be informed of the fire. When the officials arrived at the scene, the building was already destroyed. “
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Schools in Nelspruit(Mbombela) on high alert due to protest action by the EFF today Schools in Mbombela in Mpumalanga are on standby basis after the EFF threatened to argue at schools today. At least one of the primary schools was closed for safety reasons, while Nelspruit High School set contingency plans in case of disruptions…
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