Unisa embarrassed as Shembe leader slights honorary doctorate
The University of South Africa (Unisa) has been embarrassed after Mduduzi “Unyazi” Shembe, who leads the biggest faction of the Nazareth Baptist Church, turned... Read more.
Pretoria artist wants R21m from state for unfair discrimination
Performing artist Tloledi Makudubela has taken a number of government departments to the Equality Court for unfair discrimination and harassment. These include departments... Read more.
DBE, Umalusi ready for start of the 2024 matric final exams
It is all system go for the 2024 final matric examinations. The Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) said the question... Read more.
State, bus owner equally liable for R10m suit
The Northern Cape Department of Education has failed in its court bid to force a bus company to pay a bigger portion of a R10-million lawsuit instituted by a pupil... Read more.
Government’s plan to axe thousands of teachers will mainly hurt the poor
Schools in poor and working-class areas are set to bear the brunt of planned cuts of thousands of teachers’ jobs by the Western Cape Department of Education. ... Read more.
Ramaphosa signs Bela Bill partially into law due to concerns raised
President Cyril Ramaphosa threw a spanner in the works at the signing of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill into law by opening up two clauses which deal with... Read more.
Extradited Namibian fugitive Maria Coetzee due in court in October
The long arm of the law has not only caught up with Namibian fugitive Maria Coetzee —accused of defrauding a school of R2.8-million — she has been extradited... Read more.
Moms take Curro to task over mother-daughter event
Mothers of boy children at Curro Aurora in Sundowner, Johannesburg, were left fuming after they were excluded from a school event in celebration of Women’s Month. ... Read more.
Student body decries VUT’s shambolic state
Students at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) are forced to study under deplorable conditions, which include crumbling infrastructure, poor maintenance of... Read more.
3-year term for roll-on thief set aside
A 27-year-old woman – who was sentenced to three years in jail for stealing two roll-ons worth R75 – has been given a new lease on life by the high court, which... Read more.
