A worker sanitises a classroom. Sadtu has resolved that schools should close amid the Covid-19 peak in the country.It says evidence on the ground shows that there's no effective teaching and learning at schools currently. The union has written a letter to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and wants to present a plan of what should…
The impact of Covid-19 school closures on education in SAOn Sunday, Premier Sihle Zikalala announced that the planned return of staff to schools in the province had been delayed until Thursday as the education department works to distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) to all schools.He said some schools had to be thoroughly cleaned and that…
What we know about SA’s school re-opening – and how other countries are allowing kids backShe said Education MEC Fundile Gade would outline his plans to address all matters surrounding schools in the province.Mazwi painted a bleak picture during a telephonic interview with News24. "There is no water at the school and there are no…
Plan to phase in pupils from June only a proposal for now - MotshekgaFakude said that Motshekga had promised non-negotiables would be delivered to schools before it opened."These non-negotiables included, among others, the fumigation and disinfection of schools, proper school infrastructure in the form of proper toilet facilities, observance of social distancing inside the classrooms…
You’re going through something big, but you don’t speak up. You’re exhausted, but you white-knuckle through the day. Your friends offer help, but you brush it off. If this sounds familiar, you probably pride yourself for being self-sufficient and always tending to your own needs. But when you make a conscious choice to remain an
Honestly, I am trying to take a few days off and enjoy time away for my wife’s birthday. However, I just got the below photo from the father of one of the 51 children impacted by the ByHeart botulism outbreak. He found the formula still on the shelf at a Safeway in Flagstaff, Arizona –
3 min read FOR THE FIRST time, doctors have successfully completed a coronary artery bypass without cutting the patient open. They recently documented the results of the landmark surgery in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. The surgery was done on a 67-year-old man whose aortic valve was already replaced with a prosthetic. However, he developed a buildup