Soshanguve High School near Pretoria badly damaged in fire
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Lockdown period will determine when schools reopen - Motshekga
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that at this stage, she could not say when schools would reopen.
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Coronavirus forces South African school calendar changes
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has announced that the South African school calendar will be forced to change in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
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'Consult Health Dept before closing,' Motshekga tells school amid COVID-19 fears
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has warned schools against shutting down amid concerns of suspected cases of the coronavirus before consulting with health officials.
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Motshekga calls for thorough probe after 2 pupils die in drowning incidents
The Department of Basic Education on Monday sent its condolences to the families of Enoch Mpianzi and Keamogetswe 'Keamo' Seboko who died in separate drowning incidents last week.
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MPs happy with 2019 matric results
Basic Education Committee chairperson Bongiwe Mbinqo Gigaba said that they were happy with the results and wanted the department to sustain the improvement well into the future.
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Motshekga expresses concern over school dropout, repetition rates
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that despite several challenges, the 2019 matric pass rate proved that the country's public education system was constantly improving.
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Matric results: Gauteng takes bragging rights for best-performing districts
Out of the top ten performing districts in the country, six were from Gauteng, two from the Free State; one each from the North West and the Northern Cape.
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Your matric results are a click away with EWN's portal
Results are live and can be accessed online from Eyewitness News' matric portal.
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Matric class of 2019 in league of its own: Motshekga
Minister Motshekga met with the country’s top 30 performers in the national senior certificate exams at Vodaworld in Midrand earlier on Tuesday.
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Motshekga hails commitment & hard work of SA's top matriculants
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga congratulated the class of 2019's top 30 matriculants for continuing to inspire confidence in the country's public education system.
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Calls for Motshekga to take personal responsibility for Michael Komape's death
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled that the state pay the family of the child R1.4 million after his death.
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Grade 9 exit proposal will open opportunities for pupils - education expert
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced that plans are afoot to formalise grade nine as a second exit point of schooling.
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MIA LINDEQUE: Why does she have to fight her battles silently?
Fighters come in different forms - the survivor, the warrior, the dragon lady, the academic, and so many others, writes Mia Lindeque.
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BEHIND THE POLITICS PODCAST: Motshekga on fighting cancer, apartheid and more
As South Africans reflect on women’s contributions to society, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga opens up on beating cancer and bringing down the apartheid government.
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Angie Motshekga’s story: Bullied, breast cancer & escaping an assassin
EWN sat down with a fighter, a survivor, a dragon lady, and an academic. We spoke to four women ministers to hear their stories, as part of a podcast and video series 'Behind the politics: She fights her battles silently'. In the first episode, we chatted to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.
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DBE vows to rebuild 15 schools, complete 41 sanitation projects by September
The promise was contained in Basic Education Minister Angie Mothsekga's annual performance plan presented in Parliament on Tuesday.
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CARTOON: SA Education: Glass Half Full
By Dr Jack.
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Motshekga: Dept to monitor why teachers spend less time teaching
A new survey has found that the country's teachers only spend 66% of classroom time teaching as opposed to an international average of 78%.
