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Three teachers injured, one driver dead following taxi-violence shooting (Supplied) Psychologists are being sent to counsel teachers and pupils at a school in Wartburg, KwaZulu-Natal after a staff taxi driver was shot dead.Three teachers aged between 40 and 53 sustained gunshot wounds during the incident, while the 35-year-old driver was declared dead at the scene.The…

Disinfecting and cleaning of a school classroom. Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane says Makibe Primary has been shut down, and pupils and staff relocated.A social media video showing the school's crumbling infrastructure went viral last week.Mtshweni-Tsipane said the province had been working to improve conditions for the pupils at the school before that.Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane has…

Fumigation of a school in preparation for opening under Level 3 lockdown. For pupils, especially matrics, the current school year has certainly had its challenges owing to the coronavirus pandemic.Schools are scheduled to reopen on Monday.Pupil Brad Gottschalk says the history books will definitely remember the 2020 matrics as having one of the hardest years to finish…

A general view of Glenstantia Primary School preparing for students to return to school. (Lee Warren, Gallo Images) After consultations with various education stakeholders, the Department of Basic Education says pupils will start returning to school from 8 June, but the Western Cape says it is going ahead. Boarding schools that have already received pupils have…

reopen on 1 June amid the coronavirus pandemic, parents may have concerns about the safety of their children with underlying health conditions, like asthma.However, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said no one will be forced to go back to school.Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, Motshekga outlined the plans for schools to start receiving pupils…