Basic education minister Angie Motshekga gazetted the regulations governing the recent closure of public schools on Sunday
No order was gazetted so the president’s announcement on public schools is a ‘nullity’, says the opposition party
NGOs told MPs that the national school nutrition programme had not been allocated any additional funds, despite the deepening of poverty and hunger due to the ...
DA to take state to court over concerns about detrimental effects on child development
There has been speculation schools will be closed for two more weeks, and the president's address comes after meetings with the cabinet and the Covid-19 ...
President expected to make announcement soon after cabinet meeting
Maurice Radebe, the former MD of Sasol, will assume his position at the business school in January
Education experts are undecided about unions’ demand to close schools
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The unions have threatened to strike if basic education minister Angie Motshekga keeps schools open
Zeblon Vilakazi is poised to turn university into a leading tech incubator
Angie Motshekga says only grades 6 and 11 students are expected to go back to class on Monday
There have already been several Covid-19 outbreaks at schools, even though only two grades have returned
Despite Covid-19 cases soaring, opening schools under WHO-approved guidelines is better than children suffering an economic onslaught, says minister
One South Africa Movement accuses the state of choosing ‘profit over people’ by moving to level 3 lockdown
The group says closing the National Schools Nutrition Programme ‘violates learners’ rights to basic nutrition, basic education and equality’
The 29-year-old Johannesburg school, which has a deficit of R31.5m, also owes the diocese R15m
The higher education minister says no student should be left behind during the Covid-19 campus shutdowns
This was after a 'mop up' week in which an all-out effort was made to get schools ready to receive pupils
No school can operate without proper health and safety measures in place, the basic education minister says
