Deputy education minister applauds smooth Capricorn registration at stadium
Deputy Minister of Higher Education Buti Manamela has visited the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane‚ where registration at the Capricorn Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College resumed on Monday. The college suspended registration for new students last Thursday after six prospective students were injured in a stampede at its Polokwane campus. Manamela went to the stadium to assess the registration process and said he was happy that the registration process was running smoothly. Manamela said of all the institutions where registrations had taken place‚ Capricorn was the only institution where there was a stampede last week. "So we had to engage with the college management‚ the principal‚ to make alternative arrangements in terms of registration where there is sufficient space‚" Manamela said at the stadium. He applauded the setting up of the alternative venue at the stadium to avoid a repeat of last week’s stampede. "That is why this pop-up registration centre in P...
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