UCT med student shot dead
admin @ September 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A first-year UCT medical student has been shot dead on Main Road in Observatory, close to his house.
School sex probe progressing well - SACE
admin @ September 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The investigation into five Makhumbuza High School teachers accused of sexually abusing pupils will be completed in December, the South African Council of Educators (SACE) said on Monday.
SACE CEO Rej Brijraj said the council had not completed its investigation.
Nursing colleges students desert classes
admin @ September 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A task team has been formed to look at student concerns at nursing colleges in the North West, a provincial health official said on Wednesday.
Oprah academy’s new head
admin @ September 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
She has been involved with teaching and guiding girls for most of her career, and has now been entrusted by one of the most influential women in the world with specially selected girls in the country.
Anne van Zyl, former principal of Pretoria Girls’ High, was last month appointed as the head of the Oprah Winfrey […]
New universities ‘on the card’
admin @ September 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Parliament is “exploring the possibility” of establishing universities in the Northern Cape and Mpumalanga, the chairman of the portfolio committee on higher education and training said on Friday.
Marius Fransman said the committee would engage the provincial education departments and other “stakeholders” in these areas to explore the skills needs and how best to phase in […]
Madiba book spreads the joy of reading
admin @ September 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
With Nelson Mandela’s strong focus on children and literacy, it is no surprise that his life story, Long Walk to Freedom has been rewritten as a children’s book.
Abridged by Chris van Wyk, who worked on the original, and illustrated by Paddy Bouma, the book was launched in Cape Town today to coincide with literacy month.
KZN department sticks to guns on sex charges
admin @ September 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The KwaZulu-Natal education department on Thursday maintained that four Makhumbuza High School teachers accused of sexually abusing pupils have not been cleared of the charges.
“We are still saying the same thing. No charges have been withdrawn against the teachers,” spokesperson Mbali Thusi said.
Students turn Wits upside down
admin @ September 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Hundreds of Wits University students disrupted lectures, tore up exam papers, intimidated other students and blocked roads in a protest to stop fee increments next year.
The protest action started on Monday with a group of 20 students storming into classes and ordering students out.
DA welcomes matric move by Motshekga
admin @ September 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Democratic Alliance on Monday welcomed reports that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga had asked for the scrapping of regulation proposals to amend the matric grading system.
Unions commended for wage agreement
admin @ September 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Wednesday lauded labour unions for signing the 2009/2010 wage agreement.