It has been common for coastal schools to open a week after inland schools‚ but this has changed in 2024 due to public holidays and the upcoming general elections. Schools are expected to reopen on Wednesday‚ and unlike previous years‚…
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) has issued a stern warning to matric pupils planning “pens down” parties as June examinations draw to a close. The board said it was alarmed some pupils have started making plans to organise “pens…
More than 200 schools were listed for permanent closure in the Chris Hani district following a notice by the department of education to officially close 1 142 non-operational schools around the province, as issued in a July gazette. In a…
“Where is the care for our children? This disease is very dangerous.” These were the words of a concerned mother in Komani on Tuesday. Another parent protested: “My child is afraid to come to school because her friend has Covid. I am here…
All gatherings are prohibited, effectively immediately, except for funerals with a maximum of 50 people, said President Cyril Ramaphosa. The sale of all alcohol is banned and a curfew will be in effect from 9pm. Travel in and out of…
The Chris Hani district health department visited local schools this week to conduct Covid-19 tests after receiving reports of pupils having contracted the virus. Read full story in The Rep today.
The department of basic education has hit out at a manipulated image being shared on social media purporting to be an announcement from minister Angie Motshekga. The false announcement asserts that schools will close from Wednesday, May…
To address poor conditions in schools, it is important that corporates, philanthropists and non-profit organisations come together and donate school uniforms to disadvantaged schools in Eastern Cape townships and rural areas. This would…
As part of her constituency work, newly appointed MEC for human settlements and ANC member of the provincial legislature, Nonceba Kontsiwe, addressed the challenges around the provision of scholar transport in rural areas when she handed…
It is School Governing Body (SGB) election season in public schools all around South Africa until the end of March and two schools in Komani are the first in the Eastern Cape to have employed a comprehensive online voting system, making…
The school shoes may have been uncomfortable and not having the time to build Lego was quite an adjustment, but mummy’s yummy mini-burgers and tuckshop money for a treat were just enough to settle any first-day jitters. The tiniest people…
Eastern Cape education unions say the national coronavirus command council’s recommendation to postpone the reopening of schools to February 15 is the right move, though there are concerns. Schools were scheduled to reopen on January 27,…
The reopening of schools later this month may lead to a spike in Covid-19 infections, a teachers’ union said on Monday as it called on the department of basic education to “think carefully” about the move. This as the DA conceded that…
Matrics in five provinces tested positive for Covid-19 on the first day of their final exams. This is according to the basic education department‚ which said on Thursday that there were no major issues reported as matric pupils sat down…
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga said on Sunday that less than one percent of the country’s teachers had been infected by the coronavirus since the return of grade 7 and 12 pupils on June 8. That translated to 2,740 infected…
