Thousands of Gauteng teachers playing hooky
NEWS / 22 JULY 2017, 09:11AM / BALDWIN NDABA  File image. More than 30 000 teachers have been absent from school since the beginning of the year in Gauteng in all 15 provincial districts…
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Afrikaans schools – the scapegoat for government failure
Barend Daubern July 15, 20170  Afrikaans schools – the scapegoat for government failure – Image – Die Vryburger With the government failing not only the country but also failing in their Codesa agreement with…
Free varsity tuition policy a ‘victory’
Bongekile Macupe 07 Jul 2017 00:00 Burning issue: Students and supporters demonstrate during a #FeesMustFall protest at the Union Buildings in 2015. The league has welcomed the ANC resolution but opposition parties are sceptical. (Oupa Nkosi,…
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DROP THE PASS MARK IN SCHOOLS EVEN MORE
July 2, 201729815  The Department of Basic Education is considering lowering the requirements for grade 10 and grade 11 learners to pass their school year. The Rapport stated that there is a plan to…
South African schools have 5‚139 teachers who are unqualified or under-qualified
Matthew Savides | 06 June, 2017 16:20  Maths Image by: Gallo Images/ Thinkstock Every day‚ tens of thousands of school children are being taught by teachers who aren’t qualified to do the job. The…
Inadequate Education Continues to Undermine South Africa’s Youth
By Lauren Tracey on June 22, 2015 — If young people are to be the foundation of a brighter future for South Africa, they need to be nurtured correctly and empowered with education and knowledge of…
‘Decolonizing’ the University of Cape Town (UCT): ‘trick or treat’ and ‘sticks and stones’
Tim Crowe 21 May 2017 ‘Decolonizing’ the University of Cape Town (UCT): ‘trick or treat’ and ‘sticks and stones’2017-05-21T23:51:40+00:00 History For more than two years, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has lost direction and…
Why White and Indian students need higher marks to study medicine in South Africa
Staff Writer9 July 2016  The Sunday Tribune recently reported that Indian students looking to get into the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s medical school were paying university officials to have themselves registered as Coloured. The reason…
Rhodes University concerned after striking workers trash admin building
10.5.2017 05:20 pm ANA Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. Photo: Ru.ac.za/S Smith Rhodes Vice-Chancellor, Sizwe Mabizela, said he was concerned about deteriorating state of hygiene at some halls and pleaded for calm and level-headedness…
Massive court case to rid SA schools of Christian character
12 hours ago written by Jeanine Walker The biggest court case yet in the history of South Africa about the Christian character of public schools will be heard next month. Tweet The case, which will…