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Gauteng education mec panyaza lesufi

Pupil stabbed to death at Pimville school

By Bernadette Wicks

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi in a statement on Friday morning said that he was disheartened by the news of the incident, which took place at...

  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: @Steve_Mabona/Twitter

    Lesufi to be at disciplinary hearing of 36 pupils suspended for 'dagga day' vid

    A video showing pupils in school uniform smoking what is believed to be marijuana made the rounds last week Wednesday.

    27 days ago
  • FILE: The 15-year-old was allegedly assaulted with a golf stick and succumbed to his injuries in hospital last week. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Family rejects school's account of son's death and demands answers

    The family of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death at an East Rand school has rejected the school’s account of the incident that claimed his life.

    69 days ago
  • Tsakane Secondary School in Brakpan. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Gauteng Education MEC Lesufi visits Brakpan school after pupil's death

    The learner was allegedly assaulted by a teacher and general assistant during an apparent altercation between groups of pupils from two schools.

    69 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: @Steve_Mabona/Twitter

    Lesufi calls on Hoërskool Jan Viljoen parents to change attitudes on race issues

    The MEC has condemned the behaviour displayed by parents last week which resulted in the police firing stun grenades and rubber bullets.

    90 days ago
  • Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi addresses parents at the Hoërskool Jan Viljoen  on 20 February 2022. Picture: @EducationGP1/Twitter

    Hoërskool Jan Viljoen: Lesufi told of ill-treatment, discrimination at school

    Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi met with parents from the school on Sunday where he pledged his commitment to ridding classrooms of a racial divide.

    90 days ago
  • Parents, pupils and political parties gathered outside Hoërskool Jan Viljoen in Randfontein on 14 February 2022. They were calling for an end to racism and segregation at the school. Picture: Dominic Majola/Eyewitness News.

    GDE resolves ‘several issues’ at Hoërskool Jan Viljoen in wake of protest

    This follows a protest where community members and pupils vented their frustration over how the school was being run and its apparent lack of response when it came to complaints.

    96 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News

    Police fire rubber bullets as tensions flare at Hoërskool Jan Viljoen

    Tensions ran high outside the high school on Monday morning over allegations of racism at the school.

    97 days ago
  • Slain Phumolong Secondary School deputy principal, Thembisile Ngendane. Picture: Supplied

    Slain Thembisile Ngendane described as teacher who went the extra mile

    Family and friends gathered on Saturday to bid farewell to the educator at a funeral service at the Hope Restoration Ministries in Edenvale.

    113 days ago
  • Slain Phumolong Secondary School deputy principal, Thembisile Ngendane. Picture: Supplied

    Minister Motshekga expected to visit family of slain Phomolong deputy principal

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that she knew and had previously met Thembisile Ngendane during a visit to the Tembisa school.

    117 days ago
  • Slain Phumolong Secondary School deputy principal, Thembisile Ngendane. Picture: Supplied

    Phumolong Secondary pupils call for justice after deputy principal gunned down

    The educator was shot dead in the school driveway on Friday.

    118 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Lesufi to visit family of murdered Phomolong Secondary deputy principal

    Thembisile Ngendane was shot dead while driving out of the school gates in the East of Johannesburg last week.

    118 days ago
  • Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi interacts with a child on 12 January 2022, the first day of the 2022 academic year. Picture: @Lesufi/Twitter

    Lesufi asks parents to be patient as GDE sorts out school placement backlog

    Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said that all grade 1 and 8 pupils whose parents applied online but were not allocated space at schools, should be placed in a classroom by Friday.

    129 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited the Helpmekaar Kollege after the school reopened on 18 January 2021. Picture: DBE.

    Gauteng school placements delayed by parents' preferences, says Lesufi

    The Department of Education said there are still 126 schools with available spots for children to be enrolled in, but parents don't prefer those schools.

    130 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    MEC Lesufi concerned about alleged kidnapping of pupil from Mayfair school

    It's alleged that three men abducted the grade 5 pupil in a Toyota Yaris at gunpoint on Wednesday morning while she was waiting for her turn to go through COVID-19 screening at the gate of EP Baumann Primary School in Johannesburg.

    186 days ago
  • FILE: MEC Panyaza Lesufi speaking at the Abram Hlophe Primary School in Katlehong on Monday, 15 February 2021. Picture: @Steve_Mabona/Twitter.

    GP education department urges parents to help distressed pupils during exams

    Pupils have had to contend with the realities of the pandemic including hybrid learning, loss of staff to COVID-19 and adhering to safety measures for months.

    210 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: @Steve_Mabona/Twitter

    Lesufi urges police to apprehend Soweto teacher's killers

    Police are investigating the exact circumstances but initial probes have revealed that she was strangled and then stabbed to death.

    258 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: DBE

    Lesufi: Gauteng Education Dept has failed the family of murdered Alex pupil

    Qayiya Mgaye was killed, allegedly by a fellow pupil, at the Pholosho Secondary School in Alexandra on Monday.

    263 days ago
  • Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi inspects the damage caused following an arson incident at the Glenvista High School. Picture: @EducationGP1/Twitter

    6 pupils identified, linked to torching of Glenvista High hall - Lesufi

    Grade 12 pupils were supposed to write the paper on Monday afternoon but had to write it out in the open because curtains, a projector screen and electrical wiring in the school hall were torched.

    277 days ago
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