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Parents protest outside Western Cape legislature demanding school be built By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - Parents from Forest Village in Eerste River protested outside the provincial legislature on Wednesday, demanding the government urgently build a school for their learners. Community activist and ANC MPL Andile Lili, said the provincial government should build a school for the learners on the open grounds as they failed to make provision for schooling when developing a housing project in the area. Lili said more than 500 primary school pupils in the area were still learning under tree...

Kayleen Morgan The W Mobile classes and additional posts are being considered as a possible solution. The Western Cape education department is still unsure when 6 594 unplaced pupils will be placed. While briefing the Western Cape legislature's standing committee on education on Thursday, the department's chief director for districts, Alan Meyer, said 23 198 pupils had been admitted to schools, but that 6 594 remained unplaced as at 10 March 2021. "Learners that are currently unplaced includes late applications", Meyer said. He added that the department differentiated between those who were n...

February 28, 2021 Dear Dr. Fauci, We are writing to you as “fans” of your work. As health professionals, we so often found ourselves appreciative and relieved by your calm steady voice during the Trumpian chaos, bravely, stubbornly standing up for science and public health, truly a monumental task. Thank you. Thank you. We understand that you stay above the fray by refusing to engage in bruising political fights. Ironically, public health, by nature, lives at that intersection between health care and politics. Just think of your involvement in HIV/AIDS research and treatment. You have sai...

Palestinian doctors receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the Ministry of Health, in Gaza City, on February 22, 2021. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images) Editor’s Note: The following statement was issued on February 19, 2021 by the Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council. Mondoweiss occasionally publishes press releases and statements from organizations in an effort to draw attention to overlooked issues. Israel Must Assume its Legal and Moral Obligation to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines to the Palestinian Population in the West Bank and Gaza Statement by the Jewish Voice fo...

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