WRITTEN BY LEBO MJANGAZE Demi Potgieter, a 14-year-old racer from Hudson Park High School in East London, is making waves in the 2024 go-karting circuit leading the Junior four-stroke class in the Border Karting club championship.…
Merrifield grade 5 pupil, Hugo Böhner surprised, not only his teachers and peers, but also himself, when he was awarded the runner-up certificate and silver medal at the recent Association for Mathematics Education of SA (AMESA)awards…
Almost three weeks after parents and pupils held protests at the school due to failing infrastructure, repair work finally commenced at John Bisseker Secondary School on May 16. Earlier this month, the school made headlines when parents…
Jojo tanks, waste bins and gardening tools were gratefully received by Ebenezer Majombozi High School on Thursday August 11 , donated by the department of forestry, fisheries & the environment. During the handover at the school in Gompo,…
Vandalised facilities, a disintegrating structure and now blackened walls as a result of an alleged arson attack — staff are at their wits’ end when it comes to maintaining the dignity of a long-neglected northern areas school. Educators…
The Eastern Cape department of education issued a statement on Sunday evening stating special instructions were sent to unprepared schools across the province not to allow pupils aside from Grade 7 and matrics back today. The statement…
The Eastern Cape health department is considering converting Makaula Senior Secondary School into an isolation facility after 204 people at the school tested positive for Covid-19. The KwaBhaca (formerly Mount Frere) school made headlines…
Dutywa Police are investigating an arson case following the burning down of a school in Dutywa. It is alleged that the school principal of Dinizulu Senior Secondary School located at Taleni Village, Dutywa was woken up at about midnight…
Matric pupil writes heartfelt letter to Ramaphosa, Motshekga Teenager Malikah Swail has pleaded with President Cyril Ramaphosa for schools not to reopen on June 1. The matric pupil from Elsies River High School in the Western Cape penned…
In a move that was equal parts shocking and inevitable, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster on Sunday in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. “We have decided to take urgent and drastic measures to manage the…
It is back to school for more than 1,000 newly graduated Johannesburg metro police department (JMPD) officers who are unable to perform their duties. Members of the group, who graduated from the City of Johannesburg training academy in…
The Buffalo City Municipality Touch Association (BCMTA) recently held a fund-raising eventfunction at Spur in Vincent Park for players who will be touring to the South African Touch Association (SATA) Junior Natio- nals in Cape Town next…
Teachers and pupils shut down Zanokhanyo Junior Secondary School in Butterworth, in the Eastern Cape, on Monday. The school in Zazulwana village has 471 pupils. Parents said the school was built 35 years ago using prefabricated materials…
“WOULD you like to be a schoolboy again?” asks South African band Asylum Kids in their 1981 song Schoolboy. “No! No! No!” comes the fierce reply. While there certainly are reasons one may look back fondly on one’s school days, there are…
The Selborne Matric dance took place on Saturday night and saw Selborne’s matric class of 2018 make their way into a decorated Selborne College Hall, where a festive night commenced.
