JOHANNESBURG, August 8 – Some 74,000 parents in Gauteng have accepted school offers of places for their children for the 2019 academic year, the province’s member of the executive committee for education Panyaza Lesufi said on Wednesday. Lesufi said 120,000 parents still needed to accept offers and had seven working days to do so, before […]
PRETORIA, April 16 (ANA) – About 45,239 applications for grade 1 and 8 classes for 2019 have been completed in the first hour of the online system going live. Gauteng Education MEC Panyanza Lesufi on Monday said the ongoing online registration will assist to identify schools that need la “language change”. “Even if you don’t […]
Solly Makganoto The rate of sexual violence in South Africa is among the highest in the world and according to Statistics South Africa, one in every four women is physically abused by her intimate partner. Every six hours, a woman is killed by her current or former intimate partner. These are some of the shocking […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 21 – The Gauteng education department on Monday appealed to parents who have received offers of school places for their children to “respond immediately”. As many as 71,275 parents have not yet responded to offers of placement. Warning that failure to respond could result in these parents “forfeiting their spot in the queue”, […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 4 – The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) said on Friday that an agreement on the way forward regarding the Klipspruit West schooling issues would be signed following a meeting with the local community. “An agreement on the way forward regarding complaints on the process of appointing the principal, allegations of corruption, mismanagement of funds […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 3 – The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) said on Thursday it was disappointed by the continued protest action against the appointment of a black principal at the Klipspruit West High School in Johannesburg. During an interview on ENCA,GDE spokesperson, Steve Mabona, said on their visit to the Klipspruit West community, the department […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 2 – The Gauteng Education Department said on Tuesday, that teaching and learning had resumed as per normal in all schools in the south, east, and west of Johannesburg. In a statement, the department confirmed that there was no go-slow in these areas, as schooling proceeded without disruption. “We are delighted that the educators did […]
JOHANNESBURG, July 31 – The Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi on Monday condemned the go-slow planned by schools in so-called Coloured communities. The planned action is in solidarity with Klipspruit-West Secondary School, which has been rocked by protests. Last week, schooling was disrupted by parents who are opposed to the appointment of a black African […]