The placement of pupils by the Department of Education has created new crises, leaving parents and pupils furious. Cases have been reported from certain schools in the Central Transvaal region that are hopelessly overcrowded, which have apparently been criticized for evading the truth many pupils have not even be placed yet. What is alarming, however,..
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Controversial Panyaza Lesufi’s online registration system plunges schools across SA into total chaos
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Sexual harassment at schools worsens, learners and teachers are targeted
Online admission of learners suspended due to the current system that seems to be too complicated for a certain part of the population
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The Department of Education suspended its online registration system for parents until May 20 because the current system is apparently too complicated for some of the population. A simplified system will be made available after May 20, in which a step by step will be guide will be available to lead through application process. The..
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‘Terminally ill children left to die in pain in SA government hospitals’ – ANC-regime has not yet implemented its policy on palliative care, affecting paediatric patients with terminal illnesses.
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This is the assertion of paediatrician Dr Michelle Meiring, who said while the policy had been approved, there has been no budget to implement it.
“These kids are suffering in pain today. We need to do something more urgently,” she said.
Meiring is a senior lecturer in palliative medicine at the University of Cape Town, the founding director of Paedspal and chairperson of Patch-SA, a national paediatric palliative network.
“There are only a few places in South Africa offering proper pain relief, despite the fact that at least a million children are dying from – or living with – incurable conditions,” Meiring said.
“There’s nothing worse than being the doctor at the bedside of a child whose pain you can’t control.”
Pain isn’t just a horrible experience – it can have very real consequences for the patient’s health.
“Studies have shown that if you don’t treat pain, you can die sooner,” Meiring said.
“We’re feeling like no
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Shocking racism statement after bridge tragedy at Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark – BLF ‘celebrates’ Hoërskool Driehoek tragedy as ‘punishment’ from ‘ancestors’ and ‘God’
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What makes these statements worse is that it is utterly numb and heartless commenting on a situation where children have died in a gruesome way. The party’s spokesperson has come out in support of an extremely insensitive social media comment causing widespread outrage. Black First Land First (BLF) spokesperson Lindsay Maasdorp has come out in..
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