Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced that 95% of schools are ready to reopen. Woza Matrics catch-up programme will go live from 1 September. The programme is meant to assist Grade 12 pupils as they prepare for their final exams after losing time due to Covid-19. 2020 matric exams commence on 5 November and will run until…
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has welcomed Cabinet's decision to close schools for four weeks. A large number of stakeholders - including teachers' unions and governing bodies - were consulted prior to Cabinet's decision.Motshekga says the break will allow schools to prepare for the return of more grades later in August.Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has…
Minister of basic education Angie Motshekga. Gallo Images/Phill Makagoe Angie Motshekga denies she is a "stubborn minister", saying she consulted widely on the opening of schools.She called the EFF opportunistic and populist for invoking dead children to make a political point.She said it was the DA's mandate to reject everything.Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga took…
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga during a visit to Seshegong Secondary School in Gauteng to check readiness for the reopening of schools. Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images via Getty Images According to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, 98% of all pupils are back at school.She does not expect things to go back to normal for two…
Education activists and some schools are taking Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga to court after she "backtracked" on a promise to reinstate the National Schools Nutrition Programme (NSNP) to feed nine million pupils from this month, irrespective of whether or not they are back at school.The urgent application, brought in the Gauteng High Court…
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An outbreak of Salmonella in Belgium traced to eggs has sickened more than 230 people. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) confirmed to Food Safety News that 236 people are ill in the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak. Patients range in age from less than 1 to 96 years old. They fell