In the previous dispensation, children, or scholars, completed their school career when they reached the age of 18 or 19. With the Department of Basic Education’s policy that no learner may stay in a standard or grade for more than two years, this means that if a learner enters the secondary school phase by the..
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Public schools may no longer turn away learners due to age , SA pupils can now theoretically still sit at school desks even if they are 25-years old
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Former farm worker raped farmer’s wife in front of children – We were hunted like animals, says mom in Hankey farm attack
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A Hankey mother felt like she and her three children were being “hunted like wild animals” the night a lone attacker broke into their farmhouse. Testifying in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday, the 44-year-old woman recalled the screams of her children and the terror on their faces as a former worker fired shots..
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WATCH | Nearly 50 pupils crammed into taxi – doing it the South-African way!
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The pupils were “literally sitting on top of each other” in the 16-seat capacity Toyota Quantum, which was spotted by law enforcement on Monday at the intersection of Standford Road and Ditchling Street in Port Elizabeth. Video footage of the children being removed from the vehicle has surfaced on social media. Nelson Mandela Bay Metro..
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BRITISH MP JUSTIFIES BOER WAR CONCENTRATION CAMPS – Boer woman and children put in concentration camps for their own good
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MP Rees-Mogg tried to justify the British concentration camps of the Anglo Boer War by saying that women and children were taken there “for their own protection!” Front National will send a letter of strong objection to the leader of the governing Conservative Party in the United Kingdom this week, after statements made by the..
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SA is a sick country – If a bridge collapses and four schoolchildren die, its tragedy is indescribable, but if a barbaric racist then rejoices in the incident, it speaks of a sick spirit and even worse mind
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Perhaps this is not the country, but the people who live in South Africa who have become mentally unstable and spiritually ill. If a bridge collapses and four schoolchildren die, its tragedy is indescribable, but if a barbaric racist then rejoices in the incident, it speaks of a sick spirit and even worse mind. There..
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SA-families are not safe in their own home and fear for their lives – Barberton family held hostage and tortured for six hours after six armed terrorists broke into their home
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BARBERTON – Matt Bakker said his father, Peter, who owns the farm, was downstairs cooking a meal in the kitchen. “We live upstairs and our door was locked. My dad had left the kitchen door unlocked.” The men entered through the kitchen door, grabbed Peter and started strangling him. They tied his hands behind his..
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Does MEC for Education really have our children’s best interests at heart – Lesufi is going to leave 14 000 learners stranded- Latest action by the department is contrary to the Constitution which clearly states that every person has the right to basic education
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The FF Plus was shocked to learn that the Gauteng Department of Education announced earlier on 15 January 2019, that learners who still do not have a place at a school only have until this Friday 18 January 2019, to accept the placements offered by the Department. This threat serves as proof that the MEC..
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Farm attack: Farmer shot 8 times in front of children, terrorists open fire on kids
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A farm attack took place in Lanseria, Gauteng Province on Sunday 11 November 2018. The farmer, his partner, his mom and four children were held at gunpoint in their home. The attackers held gun to a 13 year old girls head. The chicken farmer was shot eight times in front of children aged 6,11,13 and..
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How safe are our your children when it comes to public places in SA? This question arise after the recent Dros incident where a 6 year old girl was raped in the bathroom
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The Dros restaurant in Silverton confirmed the incident that a six-year-old girl was raped in one of the bathrooms of the restaurant. Police confirmed that a 20-year-old man was arrested and will appear in court again on October 2, 2018 after being charged with rape, possession of drugs and assault on purpose. Parents are increasingly..
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Three things you should know about Three things you should know about rotavirus
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Rotavirus is highly contagious and a common cause of infectious diarrhoea in developing countries. Since children younger than three are worst affected, a paediatrician sheds light on detection, prevention and treatment.
1. Infection
Nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhoea and fever are the most common symptoms of rotavirus. These symptoms usually start one to three days after exposure to the virus and last for an average of eight days.
‘If your family doctor or paediatrician suspects your child has rotavirus, the infection can be confirmed with a stool sample test,’ says Dr Heidi Ackermann, a paediatrician at Mediclinic George. Adults can also contract the virus, but the symptoms are usually much milder.
‘You can also can get the virus more than once, but you won’t get re-infected with the same strain,’ Dr Ackermann adds. Important to note is that although blood in the stools is not a symptom of the virus, it is a symptom that can’t
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Basic education failures, 20 – 25 year olds still sitting in school
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In the “old days” children left school at the age of 18 or 19 years. Some pupils left matric or st.10 at age 17 and went to work or study.
Now the situation is that “pupils” between the ages of 20 and 25 are still sitting at the school desks, and this is confirmed by the Eastern Cape MEC of Education, Mandla Makupula
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Dodgy viennas send more than 400 Eastern Cape children to hospital
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A food poisoning outbreak at an Eastern Cape school has seen 430 pupils rushed to hospital.
On Thursday‚ an additional 180 pupils were taken to the St Barnabas Hospital following the food poisoning spell that hit Ndamase Senior Secondary School in Ngqeleni.
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The African way – 50 pupils in taxi with room for 15
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A driver who transported 50 pupils in a 15-seat taxi was arrested in the Eastern Cape.
The 33-year-old taxi driver was caught in KwaDwesi, Port Elizabeth at about 07:00 on Wednesday, with more than three times the legal number of occupants in his taxi.
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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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