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March 21st marks the day 69 people died at Sharpeville in 1960 while peacefully protesting the apartheid government’s draconian ‘pass' laws.

I struggle to take in news of senseless violence and avoidable trauma. I need to steel myself first, because when I feel deeply I’m in danger of dissolving into a puddle of tears. I therefore need to be prepared for really bad news. This was a case in point.

An ongoing health hazard where many children are exposed to inhumane conditions. This is what in 2023, many pupils from the Eastern Cape are subjected to.

Peninsula superintendents say it’s sorely needed

Parents who are not taking their children to school could face jail time of up to 12 months if the department of education has its way.

The first term for learners in the five inland provinces will end next Friday, 24 March with coastal schools following a week later.

Measles is highly contagious and is caused by a virus that mainly spreads through infectious airborne respiratory droplets.

Auditor General Pulane Letebele says some schools have had a large quantity of underutilised textbooks while others had shortages.

On 24 February 2023, Jason Brickhill delivered Equal Education’s inaugural Yoliswa Dwane Memorial Lecture at the University of Cape Town. In 2008, Yoliswa Dwane was a co-founder of Equal Education, the social movement dedicated to fighting to ensure the constitutional right to basic education....

The Eastern Cape Legislature in Bhisho on Tuesday went into lockdown, and the MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism’s annual budget speech was moved to the International Conference Centre in East London.