The Gauteng Department of Education has confirmed that the principal of Reiger Park high school in Boksburg has handed in his resignation after videos and pictures of him having sex with pupils in his office emerged on social media. The Gauteng Basic Education Department has strongly condemned any acts of sexual misconduct in schools and..
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Pictures and videos emerges of Principal having sex with pupils in his office
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‘One bullet, one Boerekind’ – hate complaint lodged
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The South African Teachers Union (SAOU) filed a complaint of hate speech and racism at the Human Rights Commission (MRC) after a Facebook entry saying: “Please Zuma give us the guns to defend our democracy ‘one bullet, one Boerekind. “ According to the SAOU’s statement, the statement was made by one of the people who..
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Coloreds accuse Lesufi of hate against Afrikaans
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Colored parents in the Gauteng area believe there is a war against Afrikaans as a language and Afrikaans schools in particular. The impression is that the coloreds accept it, but they are now discriminating against their children as Afrikaans schools are moving to English medium schools and so they need to search for other Afrikaans..
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Overvaal High School – EFF and ANC want to exploit children for political gain to try to salvage lost reputation
Listeria outbreak: Why your back-to-school lunch box staples may be dangerous
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Worried your child could be at risk of contracting the bug as they head back to school? You might have to leave polony off the menu. South Africa’s ongoing spate of listeria cases has claimed more than 60 lives in what the World Health Organisation (WHO) is now calling the world’s biggest outbreak of the..
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Clashes break out at Hoërskool Overvaal
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Tensions simmered on Wednesday outside Hoërskool Overvaal in Gauteng‚ which has been at the centre of a language row. A parent was punched by an EFF protester on Wednesday morning after he made an offensive gesture towards a group of protesting red beret supporters‚ after dropping off his daughter for #backtoschool2018. There is a heavy..
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Why Zuma’s free higher education plan will cripple SA’s finances
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The country’s fee-free higher education initiative, controversially introduced by President Jacob Zuma in the dying weeks of 2017, will plunge the country into a deeper financial crisis if it isn’t adjusted one way or another. Days after Zuma made his surprise announcement, Ramaphosa was elected president of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress…
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Threats aimed at Hoërskool Overvaal after legal victory in keeping out 55 Grade 8 English learners from the Afrikaans school
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Hoërskool Overvaal’s legal victory in keeping out 55 Grade 8 English learners from the Afrikaans school in Vereeniging whipped up racial tensions in court on Monday‚ with black parents shouting “away with racism” after the ruling. The angry black parents‚ in matching white tops‚ shouted in the direction of the white school governing body that..
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Six Prospective Students Hospitalized After Stamped At College – This is the outcome when free education is promised
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Six students were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital when a stampede outside the Capricorn TVET College in Polokwane, Limpopo, occurred on Thursday. Many prospective students are already standing que outside the college from early this the morning. Brig. Police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapelo said the incident occurred at about 08:00. According to him, Tshepo..
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I’m going to walk in at Wits and register for my masters‚ says Malema
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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says he is planning to stage a walk-in to register for his Masters degree at the University of Witwatersrand‚ in support of his party’s controversial call for prospective students to invade institutions. Malema was speaking on the Polokwane’s urban radio station‚ Energy FM‚ on Monday morning. “Our children..
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VUT scraps upfront payment for ‘poor’ students
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The Vaal University of Technology and its student representative council (SRC) have agreed that students who come from households with an income of R350,000 and less will not pay registration fees at the beginning of the year. Students from households whose income is more than R350,000 are required to pay R4,000 upfront. This comes as..
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