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GED says placement process on track but wants all documents submitted
The Gauteng Education Department said that 88% of the placement process for next year’s academic year had been completed.
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Lesufi says 85% of pupils placed for 2020 academic year
MEC Panyaza Lesufi was briefing the media after parents expressed frustration when they did not receive assistance at the department’s district officers.
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Lesufi apologises to Gauteng parents over school admission troubles
The department opened its offices today, with officials deployed to deal with school placements for the 2020 academic year.
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‘Every child will be placed in a school,’ Lesufi tells concerned Gauteng parents
The department had aimed to complete the application process by the end of last month but that did not happen.
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Colleagues, friends remember Xolani Gwala as humble & a big brother
The 44-year-old journalist passed away in the early hours of Friday morning after losing his battle to colon cancer.
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Lesufi to visit Kempton Park school where pupil attacked schoolmate
Footage of the incident has been widely shared on social media platforms; it's unclear at when the incident took place.
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Lesufi: Precautionary measures in place to ensure smooth first day of exams
Thousands of Gauteng pupils will start with the computer practicals exam on Wednesday morning.
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Guns, knives and drugs found at Gauteng schools ‘shocking,’ says Lesufi
Police conducted an inspection at schools ahead of the 2019 matric examinations.
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Lesufi launches e-learning platform to prep learners for 4IR
The digital content and online assessment platform officially went live on Friday.
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Sebokeng school stabbing suspect's dad: The law must take its course
The teenager allegedly stabbed the other boy with a pair of scissors at the Thuto-Tiro Comprehensive School on Monday in full view of other pupils.
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Limited schooling after pupil stabbed to death at Sebokeng school
A grade nine pupil was stabbed with a pair of scissors by a schoolmate on Monday. A pupil has been arrested after the stabbing.
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Vaal pupil dies after being stabbed, allegedly by fellow pupil
It's understood the pupil was stabbed by a school mate with a pair of scissors at the Thuto-Tiro Comprehensive School in Sebokeng.
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Lesufi ‘devastated’ after equipment worth R3m stolen from Soweto school
These include office computers, computer lab equipment and learner’s smart boards.
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Lesufi says tremendous progress made with school twinning programme
The department launched the program last week, which facilitates the pairing of disadvantaged schools with well-off institutions to share resources.
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Maimane to set up jobs and justice fund 'to build a reconciled SA'
Democratic Alliance (DA) leaderMaimane made the announcement at a Heritage Day celebration at the Nelson Mandela Museum in Orlando, Soweto.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Let's give Solidarity's 'university' its due
It would seem that too many of us assume the hegemony of English as an academic language is as natural as leaves falling on an Autumn day. It is not, write Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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'It’s just painful' - Lesufi says after Grade 12 pupil drowns in Rustenburg
It's understood about 48 pupils from Lethabong Secondary School went on the excursion on Saturday in the North West when the incident occurred.
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Lesufi to visit family, school of learner who drowned at Rustenburg resort
The pupil from Lethabong High School in Pretoria drowned in a swimming pool at the holiday resort on Saturday.
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I want justice, says Mother of slain Katlehong pupil (12)
Rethabile Rapuleng, who was a grade 6 pupil at the Izubuko Primary School, was struck by a stray bullet outside the school on Wednesday.
