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Five workshops and a storeroom have been destroyed in a fire at Sewagodimo Technical School in Pella Village, the second North West school to be hit by a major blaze in three days.
Ten-year-old Warona Setsome from R.B. Dithupe Intermediate School in Welbedacht Township has been named 1st Princess in the Little Miss Universe category after competing at the international pageant in the Philippines.
The country’s architecture regulator will bring academics, students, government officials and international regulatory leaders to Cape Town next month to examine whether architectural education and professional training are keeping pace with technological, environmental and social change.
Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Lebogang Maile, joined South African Police Service-led search and seizure operations at schools in Westbury today, as part of intensified efforts to curb substance abuse and dangerous weapons on school premises.
Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has officially launched Clapham High School as the province’s 40th School of Specialisation, positioning the Pretoria school as a hub for sporting excellence while building on its strong academic record.
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube has called on NGOs and the private sector to support Higher Health’s Comfort Rooms, saying a coordinated response to gender-based violence (GBV), mental health challenges and HIV is essential to student wellbeing.
Suspected dagga, disposable vapes, cigarettes, broken glass, scissors and other prohibited items have been seized during unannounced search-and-seizure operations at three high schools in Alexandra, as Gauteng intensifies efforts to address safety and substance abuse in schools.
Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has directed a departmental team to intervene at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) after an arson attack and student grievances led to a total shutdown of the university.
Nine national institutions, including NSFAS and the National Gambling Board (NGB), have formed a task team to tackle rising gambling-related harm among students, many of whom depend on state financial aid.
The Public Protector has launched a separate systemic investigation into student accommodation after inspections at sampled higher education institutions uncovered concerns about unsafe and poor living conditions.
