US band Slipknot notorious for dark lyrics

‘I wanna slit your throat and f**k the wound.”
These are the lyrics that may have inspired a Nic Diederichs Technical High School pupil to go on a killing spree.
If they did, it would be the second time that the opening line to the song Disasterpiece, by the heavy metal band Slipknot, has become a soundtrack […]

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‘Satanic’ boy barred from school

The matric pupil accused of killing a grade nine student at Nic Diederichs Technical High School, in Krugersdorp, will not be allowed back into the school.
Gauteng education MEC Angie Motshekga, addressing the media at the school on Tuesday, said the department was looking at an alternative for the boy.

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Disciplining procedures under spotlight

The question of whether to expel an errant pupil from school is vexing for teachers and education authorities.
Expulsion is a very serious step and must be avoided whenever possible.
Expelling a pupil from school into the streets of South Africa is tantamount to creating gang fodder.
The young person inevitably gravitates towards a group that will provide […]

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Union pens teacher laptop deal

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The SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has brokered a R330 million deal that aims to arm all 240 000 of its members with ultra-mobile low-cost notebooks – about 70% of the country’s teaching fraternity.

The union has blasted government for not doing enough to advance the ICT agenda and not delivering on its promise to give teachers laptops. More on page 229

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DA says Seta system is useless

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THE DA has accused the government’s sector education and training authorities (Setas) of failing in their mission to close the gap between the millions of jobless people and South Africa’s skills shortage.

“We must scrap the sector education and training authority approach,” Anchen Dreyer, the party’s labour spokesman, told a news conference. “It is completely failing to respond to the needs of the market.” More on page 228

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