culture and art

culture and art

NCOP's select committee on basic education adopts latest version of the BELA BILL

NCOP’s select committee on basic education adopts latest version of the BELA BILL

Africa-Press - South-Africa. The select committee dealing with basic education has adopted the latest version of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill -...
Trinity International Bible University is not registered, confirms Higher Edu Dept

Trinity International Bible University is not registered, confirms Higher Edu Dept

Africa-Press - South-Africa. The Higher Education Department says the Trinity International Bible University - which recently awarded an honorary doctorate to actor Sello Maake...
Deadline looming for Western Cape students

Deadline looming for Western Cape students

Africa-Press - South-Africa. The Western Cape Education Department (WECD) says that the Grade 1 and 8 online admissions window for the 2025 school year...
New ‘exit’ certificate for school kids in South Africa – where 40% drop out

New ‘exit’ certificate for school kids in South Africa – where 40% drop out

Africa-Press - South-Africa. The Department of Basic Education says it will “step up” the piloting of the new General Education Certificate (GEC) it plans...
North West education MEC apologises to teacher embroiled in race storm

North West education MEC apologises to teacher embroiled in race storm

Africa-Press - South-Africa. xBarkhuizen found herself in the spotlight over a picture she took showing black grade R pupils in a class seemingly seated...
Pupils injured at Thembisa school after classroom ceiling collapses on them

Pupils injured at Thembisa school after classroom ceiling collapses on them

Africa-Press - South-Africa. Tuesday's incident affecting 18 pupils at Umthambeka Primary School is under investigation. Most are recovering at home, while two are still...
Young SA aspiring scientists win big at Taiwan International Science Fair

Young SA aspiring scientists win big at Taiwan International Science Fair

Africa-Press - South-Africa. Two young South African aspiring scientists have won awards after showcasing their research projects to judges and their peers at the...
Gauteng top achiever anxious about university life but encourages others not to feel limited by their background

Gauteng top achiever anxious about university life but encourages others not to feel limited...

Africa-Press - South-Africa. Wandile Mkhwanazi travelled by train from the Johannesburg CBD to Orlando West in Soweto for a year in a quest to...
Gauteng education urged to involve community in safety initiatives

Gauteng education urged to involve community in safety initiatives

Africa-Press - South-Africa. The Gauteng department of education has been urged to not treat schools as isolated institutions but to rather involve the wider...
First graders cheerful as government schools reopen for 2024

First graders cheerful as government schools reopen for 2024

Africa-Press - South-Africa. As government schools opened on Wednesday for the new academic year, many parents have followed the online tradition of posting their...