Category : Education

The year 2020 hasn’t been favorable towards the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) with numerous tragedies and shortcomings consistently knocking at the department’s doorstep. On Monday, a horde

Two leaners from Madibatlo Primary School and a motorcyclist were killed near Tembisa early this morning when the taxi they were traveling in collided with the motorcycle. There were eighteen learners

The Gauteng department of education recently released a media statement about the increasing number of deaths reported in schools. Within a short space of time 10

Stabbings have become a norm in South African schools and, within a space of only one week, the Gauteng education department has recorded more deaths than a

As schools enter their third week of learning disgruntled parents at La Rochelle Primary School took to the Gauteng Department of Education’s offices in protest.

Menzi Zikhali Mcube (17) a product of BoitumelongSecondary school in Tembisa passed his matric with six distinctions and amazing straight A’s in mathematics and physical sciences. The top student was accepted

Another 13-year-old boy has been found dead in his school’s hostel swimming pool in Magaliesburg, Gauteng. The MEC of education Panyaza Lesufi paid a visit yesterday to the family of Keamohetswe Seboko in Eldorado Park.  MEC Lesufi expressed

13-year-old Enock Mpianzi went missing on a school camp on 15 January at a lodge in Brits, North West. The Parktown Boys learner had gone missing

Tholimfundo Primary School in Protea Glen, extension three has shut down due to lack of resources and poor infrastructure. According to School Governing Body member (SGB) Phemelo Keupilwe, the schools environment is not conducive to

The tragedy that befell Jabulile Secondary School, in Orange Farm last week, when their principal was murdered in his car was described by the Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi