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Education
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Latest Dates For SA School Terms And Holidays
16 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The Department of Education has published the updated return dates and plans for schools in South Africa.
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‘Lost Generation’ Fear As SA Grade 3s On A Par With 2019 Grade 2s
21 Jun 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The COVID-19 pandemic is really testing our education system, and it might cause a ‘lost generation’ of educated South Africans in the coming years.
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Racism Allegations At Mpumalanga School Leave Parents Brawling On The Streets [Video]
15 Jun 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
A clash between parents on Monday morning has resulted in Witbank Technical High School suspending classes for a week.
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Two-Year-Old With IQ Of 146 Makes US History
31 May 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
An exceptionally gifted Los Angeles two-year-old, Kashe Quest, has made history after becoming the youngest American member of Mensa.
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Furious Pretoria Parents Toss Principal Out Of School [Video]
13 May 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Irate parents of pupils from Laerskool Theresapark made the principal kiss the ground after carrying her out of the administration office.
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Child Prodigy: 12-Year-Old Will Graduate High School And College In Same Week
28 Apr 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Mike Wimmer, a remarkable young boy, took some extra classes during lockdown and is now set for two graduations in the same week.
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SA’s Best Universities, Ranked
28 Apr 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Centre for World University Rankings has released the latest rankings, with 13 South African institutions featuring in the top 2 000 globally.
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“Horror And Helplessness” – Latest On UCT Library’s Fire Damage [Videos]
21 Apr 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sunday’s footage of the library engulfed in flames was shared far and wide, and the heartbreaking task of assessing the damage continues.
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This Company Is Causing SA Universities To Face Mass Cheating Problems
14 Apr 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hundreds of Wits students are alleged to have used an increasingly popular online tool to cheat, and it’s a problem familiar to institutions around the world.
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UCT Lecturer’s ‘Hitler Committed No Crime’ Comments Haven’t Gone Down Well
08 Apr 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
During a pre-recorded lecture with first-year UCT students, Lwazi Lushaba, a lecturer in the department of political studies, said he didn’t believe Hitler had committed any crime.
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Jozi School System’s Sex Assault Failures Laid Bare By Carte Blanche [Video]
03 Mar 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When a teacher resigns from a prestigious private school, after being caught having sex with a student on school property, you would expect that future employment would be hard to come by.
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The Sad State Of The Matric Maths Pass Rate In SA
24 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
South African students continue to perform poorly in subjects like mathematics, with fewer and fewer writing the standard maths curriculum.
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The Great SA Brain Drain Continues
11 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
The ‘brain drain’ in South Africa is getting worse, with the long-term effects reaching beyond the loss of highly skilled professionals.
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Fees Continue To Rise At SA’s Most Expensive Schools
13 Jan 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Despite calls from education experts to freeze private school fees in 2021, the cost of private education is still on the rise.
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Fiona Viotti Case Closed, As Parents Pull Kids From Testifying
14 Dec 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Due to a lack of cooperation from witnesses, the SA Council for Educators has closed its file in the investigation into the conduct of Viotti.
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Take A Tour Of Cape Town’s ‘High School Of The Future’ [Video]
09 Dec 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
We took a tour of online private high school Valenture Institute’s Newlands boutique campus, to see what all the fuss is about.
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Wow – The Very Sad State Of Maths And Science In SA Schools
09 Dec 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
South Africa participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the grade 5 and grade 9 level, and the results are embarrassing.
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Fallout From Super-Spreader Matric Rage Event Continues
08 Dec 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pupils across KZN are now quarantining, and the race is on to find as many as 1 300 Gauteng pupils who also attended the Matric Rage event.
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All Matric Rage 2020 Party Pupils Ordered To Quarantine For 10 Days
07 Dec 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Matric revellers and organisers were warned that these parties could turn into super-spreader events. Yet, here we are.
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Fears That Matric Rage Will Be COVID-19 Super-Spreader Event
27 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Health experts fear that the upcoming Matric Rage parties, which take place across the country, will facilitate the rapid spread of COVID-19.
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Tear Gas, Water Cannons, And Stun Grenades At Brackenfell High School [Videos]
20 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The EFF ‘Red Friday’ protest is in full swing outside Brackenfell High School, and things have already escalated into clashes with the police.
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Table View High School’s Racist TikTok Problem
20 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
An investigation is underway after a fake TikTok account posting racist content claimed to be affiliated with Table View High School.
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Brackenfell High School Set For Another Showdown [Videos]
17 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The EFF is gearing up for another protest outside Brackenfell High School, this time threatening to ‘ensure that nothing operates’.
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Shocking Edenglen High School Street Brawl Footage Emerges [Video]
12 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Around 10 pupils from Edenglen High School were involved in a street brawl, which began due to a row over R25 which one pupil owed to another.
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Chaos And Violence As Parents And EFF Clash Outside Brackenfell High School [Videos]
09 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The EFF, looking to stage a protest outside Brackenfell High, were met with stick-wielding parents and things escalated quickly from there.
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Meanwhile, In Brackenfell: All-White Unofficial Matric Dance Sparks Anger
06 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
An unofficial matric dance, organised by parents and attended exclusively by white students, has brought to light racial tensions at Brackenfell High School.
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Stellies Angel Investors Are Throwing Money At These Five Start-Ups
05 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The university has raised R26 million through outside investors to back the start-ups.
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The Dire State Of Matric Maths In South Africa
28 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The latest figures show that the country is failing to deliver a decent mathematics education to learners, and the consequences are far-reaching.
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Not Ideal – SA Pupil Takes The Wheel As Bus Driver Drinks Beer [Video]
22 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Not ideal is a really polite way of putting things, with a bus driver suspended after footage showed him endangering the lives of pupils in the Eastern Cape.
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The Rankings Are Out – SA’s Top Five Universities
21 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
US News and World Report has published the world university rankings for 2021, if you’re keen to see whether or not you have bragging rights.
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