Calls for thorough investigations into rape allegations at Bishops College
By Staff Reporter
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Cape Town - Urgent calls for a thorough investigation into the alleged rape of a 15-year-old Bishops Court pupil have been made after a video of the incident has circulated on social media.
News of the video caused outrage as the school confirmed in a statement that they were aware of the video which involved two 15-year-old pupils. One of the pupils is screaming and pinned to the bed during the alleged assaulted while the person recording the video can be heard laughing in the background.
DBE delays reopening of schools by 2 weeks amid Covid-19 second wave
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Cape Town - With the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic hitting South Africa with over a million infection cases and more than 35 000 deaths, the Department of Basic Education announced it would be delaying the reopening of schools by two weeks.
South African public schools were scheduled to reopen on January 27 while most private schools had already kick-started their 2021 academic year.
“Due to the impact of the coronavirus, the Council of Education in conjunction with the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and Cabinet have taken the decision to delay the reopening of schools to February 15, in order to provide relief to the healthcare system,” said Deputy Minister Regina Mhaule.
Independent schools ready for the 2021 school year
By Sakhiseni Nxumalo
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DURBAN - One of the schools that welcomed pupils back to class was Curro Hillcrest. The school said all Covid-19 safety measures had been put in place for the start of the school year.
Curro Hillcrest executive head Paul Guthrie said in approaching the current scenario the country finds itself due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a staggered approach was adopted where certain grades come back each day to school and at the same time online learning will take place on days when pupils are at home.
âThere is a very positive mood at the school and pupils and staff are excited to be back at the start of the year albeit not the entire school population has returned. Today was the first day, we had a number of very enthusiastic Grade 1s who started their âformalâ schooling career,â said Guthrie.