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Informing Enoch Mpianzi's family of his death was very difficult - Lesufi
The body of missing Parktown Boys' High School pupil Enoch Mpianzi has been found by police in Brits. Mpianzi went missing during a school camp.
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Lesufi baffled by timeline of Enoch Mpianzi's death
The body of Enoch Mpianzi, a grade 8 pupil at Parktown Boys' High School, was found in a river on Friday morning after he went missing on Wednesday during a water activity.
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WATCH LIVE: Lesufi briefs media on death of Enoch Mpianzi
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is briefing the media on the death of Parktown Boys' High Scool learner Enoch Mpianzi.
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School vandals need to be stopped sooner rather than later - Lesufi
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Wednesday said he believed a fire at the Khutlo-Tharo Secondary School in the Vaal was an arson attack. The admin block was gutted by flames in the early hours of Wednesday morning, disrupting the first day of the academic calendar. This was the third school to be targeted in the area in the past few weeks.
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'Panyaza Lesufi must go back to the old system' - disgruntled parents
Parents whose children are yet to be placed in schools across Gauteng are pleading with Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi to bring back the manual registration system. Parents who stood in long queues on Wednesday said their children were now bearing the burden of a failing system.
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Parents plead with Lesufi to bring back manual school registrations
Frustrated and exhausted in a line that seems to have no end, parents and guardians said they wanted the online process scrapped.
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Gauteng Education MEC Lesufi believes Sebokeng school fire an arson attack
The admin block was gutted by flames in the early hours of Wednesday morning, disrupting the first day of the academic calendar.
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Lesufi anticipating high volume of late school placement applications
The Education Department had been struggling to place some pupils due to late registration, outstanding documents and other issues.
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99.2% of placement applicants will be in class on first day of school - Lesufi
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has urged parents who have not accepted their placement offers to do so by midnight. The department says it will open late registrations on 15 January and Lesufi anticipates a high volume of late applications. Late registration will close on 25 January.
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Lesufi: Gauteng schools ready to welcome new learners
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said that while his department was still struggling to place all pupils who applied on time, his department was ready for the 2020 academic year.
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Leave pupils out of protests, says Lesufi after matric pass rate drops
Gauteng received the second-highest pass rate in the country, achieving 87.2%, a 0.7% decline from the previous year.
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Lesufi: GDE may not be able to repair damage to Tokelo Secondary School
A devastating fire gutted most of the school, destroying four classrooms and millions of rands worth of equipment.
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Lesufi disappointed after Vaal school damaged in arson attack
Four classrooms have been destroyed in a fire at the Tokelo High School in the Vaal.
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GED working hard to place over 14k pupils in schools by end of November
The department said it was closely working with high-pressure zones to increase their classroom capacity and was also looking at the possibility of placing mobile classrooms in overpopulated areas.
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Friends and colleagues share their fondest memories of Xolani Gwala
Family, friends and colleagues gathered at the Grace House Family Church in Randburg on Thursday morning to bid farewell to veteran broadcaster Xolani Gwala.
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Lesufi: Xolani Gwala irreplaceable as journo & a South African
Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Grace House Family Church in Randburg to remember Gwala.
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Parents will soon be able to appeal pupil placement, says GED MEC Lesufi
Lesufi said that some parents who were not happy with where their children had been admitted would be given a chance to appeal.
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Lesufi confident pupil placement going well, despite weekend bungle
On Sunday, parents whose children had not been placed were notified by SMS to come to district offices but Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesuf said it was sent prematurely.
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Grade 12 pupil killed in Soweto shot at close range by robbers
Police are investigating after a pupil was shot at his home in Braamfischerville in an apparent botched armed robbery.
