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Agnes Rasesemola, Sunrise View Secondary school principal won the African Union Continental Teacher Award this week.

Siyanda Ndlovu So far, the department has reported that a total of 2703 markers, out of 46,024, have withdrawn from the 181 marking centres. Picture: iStock This was revealed on Monday by the Department of Basic Department’s director-general, Mathanzima Mweli, during an update on the progress made in marking centres across the country. Mweli has visited six provinces where he has been monitoring marking in 181 centres across the country. The one person who ...

BOOZING PUPILS IN UNIFORM SHOCK MZANSI! Desmond Boshego Photo: Supplied. THE call by the Basic Department of Education for pupils not to associate the end of their examinations with parties has fallen on deaf ears. This is because many pupils still believe that drinking alcohol and smoking dagga and cigarettes is the best way to have fun and celebrate pens down. Pictures of Maputle Secondary School matriculants having fun with bottles of alcohol including gin surfaced on social media. The pictures clearly show both girls and boys from the same sc...