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WINTER BLUES: The poor state of school infrastructure and expensive school uniform makes life unbearable for schoolchildren, particularly those in townships and rural areas in the Eastern Cape Picture: SUPPLIED

Pupils need help with uniforms in winter

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…

Gauteng police spokesperson Brig Mathapelo Peters said the off-duty officer was found under the influence of alcohol in Toekomsrus on Friday.Image: Screengrab from video.

WATCH | ‘Disgraceful’ – Drunk cop passes out on side of the road

A criminal case has been opened against a Gauteng police officer after he was allegedly found under the influence of alcohol on the side of a road at the weekend. In several videos doing the rounds on social media, the Randfontein officer…

Church donates school uniform

EDUCATION FIRST: Members of the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church donated more than 110 school uniforms at Mpendulo Public Primary School on Saturday. The event was hosted by the Turner Memorial Church…

Grandparents overwhelmed as boy, 9, given new uniform

Lina Mkile sat sobbing in her living room at Ezibeleni after her family had been visited by Good Samaritans. “I do not know how to thank you. Today I know God is real.” Mkile’s grandson, 9, had received new school uniform donated by Sandy…

Former pupil gives uniforms to pupils

A former pupil of Emmet Mahonga Junior Primary School, Thembelani Mafuna, paid homage to his old school in Ilinge by donating full school uniform for pupils from impoverished backgrounds. Mafuna who was raised by a single parent said the…

Strauss helps fire victims with uniforms

Strauss’s Department Store made a donation of school uniform to two pupils from Mpendulo Primary School following a devastating fire that struck their home and destroyed all their belongings. Manager Wayne Dedricks said they had received…