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eThekwini Municipality, Durban schools, schools in debt, money owed to Municipality, disconnected electricity, Department of Public Works, Education Department, R1 billion owed
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eThekwini Municipality disconnects schools that owe money for services

Should kids be awarded for attending school.
Parenting and Kids

Mom sparks debate: Should kids win prizes for perfect school attendance?

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WATCH: Anarchy in class! Pupil jumps on teacher during Joburg school brawl

eThekwini Municipality, Durban schools, schools in debt, money owed to Municipality, disconnected electricity, Department of Public Works, Education Department, R1 billion owed
KwaZulu-Natal

eThekwini Municipality disconnects schools that owe money for services

Should kids be awarded for attending school.
Parenting and Kids

Mom sparks debate: Should kids win prizes for perfect school attendance?

Joburg school brawl
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WATCH: Anarchy in class! Pupil jumps on teacher during Joburg school brawl

Angie Motshekga
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KZN floods: Some affected schools to re-open by Friday – Motshekga

By Thabo Baloyi20-04-2022 05:00

Minister Angie Motshekga says the damage the KZN floods have caused to schools is a major setback to the education fraternity

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KwaZulu-Natal

KZN schools: Sadtu concerned over damages that may impact learning

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty19-04-2022 11:14

Sadtu has expressed concerns over the damages that schools across KZN have faced due tot he torrential rains and floods.

KZN department of education schools floods
KwaZulu-Natal

KZN floods: 248 schools damaged, mostly in eThekwini

By Nokwanda Ncwane14-04-2022 11:22

KZN Department of Education says 248 schools were damaged by floods that wreaked havoc in the province which also claimed lives of learners.

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KZN floods: Education department urges parents to use discretion

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty13-04-2022 11:37

The KZN Education Department has encouraged parents, teachers and guardians to use their discretion when deciding on sending kids to school

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Lifestyle

Sheets to shirts: Heartwarming project makes school uniforms from linen

By Naledi de Wee10-04-2022 14:57

Every year, the sheets to shirts project takes linen from Cape Town’s luxury hotels and transforms them into school uniforms for children.

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Parenting and Kids

Attention parents: These school changes will soon be compulsory for kids

By Marilynn Manuel06-04-2022 11:20

The Department of Basic Education is making big changes to the country’s schooling system to ‘improve education and job outcomes’.

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Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga needs almost 400 new schools to cater for growing population

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty02-04-2022 11:39

Mpumalanga needs to build nearly 400 schools in order to meet the needs of its growing population the NCOP was told.

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School admissions deadline ‘just days away’ – here’s who needs to apply

By Storm Simpson31-03-2022 11:49

‘Applying after this date could affect their choice of placement and it will affect our planning,’ said the WCED.

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KwaZulu-Natal

Chaos erupts as learners display ‘strange behaviour’ in Durban school

By Nokwanda Ncwane12-03-2022 15:31

Recently, teaching and learning has been disturbed in schools all over the country as learners have been displaying strange behaviour.

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NEWS IN A MINUTE: ‘Ancestral calling’ or just TikTok challenge? | Video

By Ramadhani Kusaga11-03-2022 17:58

Need your news quickly ? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

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Proposals to extend the school day by ONE HOUR in SA ‘up for debate’

By Tom Head09-02-2022 17:35

According to these new proposals, an extension of the current school day means children would have to face many more hours in the classroom.

Angie Motshekga
News

EVERYONE back at school: Department all systems go for Monday

By Weekend News Producer06-02-2022 13:10

Schools across the country are go back to full in-person learning from Monday. Education Minister Angie Motshekga has provided new details.

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USA News

Tragedy: Two shootings at US schools left Three dead one in critical condition

By Agence France-Presse02-02-2022 05:15

Two campus police officers were shot and killed at a college in the US state of Virginia Tuesday, while one student was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a school in Minnesota the same day.

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Gauteng Education: Grade 1 & 8 placements ALL finalised

By Thabo Baloyi29-01-2022 08:12

Gauteng Education says it received a total of 347 216 applications under the 2022 Online Admissions for Grades 1 and 8

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Outcry at Pretoria school – after Afrikaans children ‘moved to storeroom’

By Tom Head28-01-2022 16:59

A huge discrimination row has erupted at Laerskool Theresapark in Pretoria, after Afrikaans students complained about their treatment.

Grade 1 school
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School shock: High number of Grade 1 kids ‘can’t work out four minus one’

By Tom Head28-01-2022 12:11

A school crisis is brewing – and these findings from a recent survey on Grade 1 classes in Mzansi has produced some alarming data.

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WTF? 162 children ABDUCTED from North West school

By Tom Head20-01-2022 10:04

This is bonkers. Utterly bonkers. A total of 162 children were abducted from a North West school on Tuesday – but how could this happen?

Two teachers from the same school in Gauteng declared dead
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Gauteng schools robbed: Principal targeted in assault, valuables TAKEN

By Thabo Baloyi20-01-2022 03:06

In one incident, armed men savagely beat up a Gauteng school principal in front of staff members, whose belongings were taken

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‘Children are suffering’: Government told to FULLY OPEN all schools

By Tom Head13-01-2022 13:39

Professors, politicians, and entire education departments all want the same thing – so when will government fully open schools again?

Schools reopening Monday
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Back to school: Inland pupils return to the classroom on Wednesday

By Thabo Baloyi12-01-2022 05:41

But, the start of the school year is not without complications as the Department of Basic Education is yet to place all learners

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Education

Back to school: Motshekga aims to reduce COVID-19 social distancing

By Samantha Riddle10-01-2022 15:56

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga aims to reduce social distancing in South African schools despite the continued pandemic.

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Back to class: These are SA’s most expensive public schools for 2022

By Tom Head04-01-2022 11:22

A new academic year awaits us in 2022, and we’ve got the list of the most expensive public schools to thumb through here…

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Motshekga on booze in schools – Comments were ‘misrepresented’

By Samantha Riddle17-12-2021 17:04

Minister Angie Motshekga has defended controversial amendments allowing for the sell of liquor in South African schools.

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School Act: Parents ‘could be jailed’ for denying kids Grade R education

By Dan Meyer13-12-2021 16:25

Parents who prevent their children from attending school from Grade R may soon be liable for some hefty punishment.

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News

Class dismissed: Will schools close earlier due to Omicron?

By Tom Head09-12-2021 12:22

A prominent education activist is urging schools to close BEFORE the Christmas break starts, to counteract the spread of the Omicron variant.

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