Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has told Parliament that more than 250,000 foreign learners were enrolled in South African public schools during the 2025 academic year, according to official education department figures. According to IOL, Gwarube provided the figures in response to a parliamentary question from IFP MP Liezl van der Merwe, confirming that 253,618 […]
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From matric to the real world, the anxiety is real. Navigating post-school anxiety can be a difficult thing for matriculants. Whether you are starting university, entering college, or looking for work, the move into adulthood is a major shift. For over 12 or 13 years of your life, you followed a set routine. You had […]
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The Mpumalanga Department of Education is under public scrutiny after it admitted to spending just over R2 million on 22 laptops, each costing close to R91 500, for a select group of employees in December 2024. The laptops, described by the department as ‘high-performance machines,’ were acquired for use by the Education Management Information Systems […]
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The system where the Department of Education places a child automatically in a school nearest to their homes has proven not to be as seamless with less hassles as it is supposed to be, in other instances. This has been confirmed in a clip shared by a woman from Pretoria North on her TikTok with […]
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