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Solidarity’s Afrikaans university started ‘out of anger’, says Lesufi
Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi spoke to Cape Talk’s Kieno Kammies on Monday about the construction of the Afrikaans private vocational training college.
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Lesufi: Vandalism of Rietondale High will not deter us from transformation
The school in Pretoria was vandalised on Sunday after the department changed its name from Hoërskool HF Verwoerd to Rietondale Secondary.
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Lesufi attends Amy’Leigh De Jager’s kidnapping case
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi attended the court proceedings into the kidnapping of six-year-old Amy’Leigh De Jager in Vanderbijlpark. A teacher at the six-year-old’s school is among those accused of the kidnapping.
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Amy'Leigh De Jager's kidnappers remanded in custody, case postponed
They are accused of snatching the grade R pupil from her mother's car in front of her school Laerskool Kollegepark last week.
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Security beefed up at Vanderbijlpark school after Amy'Leigh de Jager kidnapping
Amy'Leigh de Jager was snatched next to her mother’s car by four men this week. She was reunited with her family a day later.
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Lesufi promises to put pupils' safety first amid Gauteng violence
MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited the Lungisani Primary School in Katlehong, on the East Rand, on Wednesday afternoon following reports that the institution was set alight.
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Gauteng Edu Dept introduces school twinning to foster social cohesion
Six schools from different backgrounds were officially paired on Wednesday to collaborate and to share resources.
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Lesufi hints at debates on what should happen to all apartheid symbols
Lesufi said the renaming of Hoerskool Hendrik Verwoerd to Rietondale Secondary was part of the department's mission to remove the offensive symbols of apartheid.
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Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoerd to now be known as Rietondale High
The MEC says renaming of the school is part of the department's mission remove the offensive symbols of apartheid at institutions of learning.
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Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoed renamed Rietondale High School
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi officiated the renaming of Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoerd to Rietondale High School.
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Almost 300 cases of bullying, assault reported in Gauteng schools
The department has been battling to deal with the rising cases of violence in schools and was making a call to law enforcement agencies to put education at the centre of their security analysis.
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ANC to Makhura: Replace one male MEC with a female
After this year’s elections, the party’s national executive committee (NEC) resolved that all provinces led by men must have 60% women in cabinet.
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'We’re under siege' - Lesufi on school vandalism, theft
The staggering figure was released by MEC Panyanza Lesufi's office on Tuesday which said 262 criminal cases were registered since January.
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Lesufi disappointed with Vosloorus school's handling of rape matter
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said on Tuesday his department was working closely with the police to ensure a 16-year-old pupil who was raped at an Ekurhuleni school received justice.
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Lesufi ‘concerned’ over evidence tempering claims in Vosloorus school rape
It's understood the 16-year-old was assaulted last month allegedly by two matriculants at the Thuto Lesedi Secondary School in Vosloorus.
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Lesufi to visit Vosloorus school after suspension of 2 pupils for alleged rape
On Monday, the department confirmed it had suspended two matriculants from the Thuto-Lesedi Secondary School in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni.
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Gauteng Education Dept presents its R49.2 billion budget
The department has received a boost of about R4.5 billion more compared to the past financial year.
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Over 250,000 undocumented pupils in Gauteng schools - Lesufi
In his oral submission to the Alex inquiry, MEC Panyaza Lesufi revealed how the admissions of non-documented learners affected his department’s budget.
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'Decolonising classrooms doesn't mean scrapping Afrikaans' - Lia Snijman
Stellenbosch University journalism student Lia Snijman said that multilingualism - which includes Afrikaans - is "essential if we want all South Africans to have the opportunity to flourish".
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'We’re not going to fix it' - Lesufi on torched Katlehong school
Sections of Katlehong Primary School were burnt, allegedly during a protest over lack of electricity.
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Educators Union of SA: Teachers have no choice but to arm themselves
The teacher’s union was reacting to the killing of an educator at the Masuku Primary School in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.
