Online applications for grade 1 and 8 pupils in Gauteng will officially open from 8am on Friday morning.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi admitted that the system has not been without challenges, however, he’s urged parents to take advantage of the online process which opens up on Friday.
The brothers last week consumed an energy drink from their father. Their other sibling, who was also poisoned, is recovering in hospital.
Gauteng Health MEC Panyaza Lesufi has hit out at critics of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill and called on the public to endorse it as a possible solution to the racial divide in schools due to language policies.
It's understood that the man gave five of his children energy drinks on Thursday morning as they were preparing for school.
The MEC’s visit follows the news that three pupils died on Thursday after consuming energy drinks.
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 Thaba-Jabula Secondary School in Pimville on Thursday.
A video showing pupils in school uniform smoking what is believed to be marijuana made the rounds last week Wednesday.
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.
The learner was allegedly assaulted by a teacher and general assistant during an apparent altercation between groups of pupils from two schools.
The MEC has condemned the behaviour displayed by parents last week which resulted in the police firing stun grenades and rubber bullets.
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.
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.
Tensions ran high outside the high school on Monday morning over allegations of racism at the school.
Family and friends gathered on Saturday to bid farewell to the educator at a funeral service at the Hope Restoration Ministries in Edenvale.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that she knew and had previously met Thembisile Ngendane during a visit to the Tembisa school.
The educator was shot dead in the school driveway on Friday.
Thembisile Ngendane was shot dead while driving out of the school gates in the East of Johannesburg last week.
