The Gauteng Department of Education has launched a R240 million school for learners with special needs in Springs, Ekurhuleni, catering for learners with epilepsy, autism and other specialised needs.
Gauteng MEC for Education Matome Chiloane has lashed out at the province’s scholar transport system, blaming regulatory failures and systemic shortcomings for the fatal crash that claimed the lives of 14 learners in Vanderbijlpark earlier this week.
The steps of the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court became a gathering place of sorrow and outrage on Thursday as families, learners, and community members assembled during the first appearance of 22-year-old scholar transport driver Ayanda Dludla.
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has dispatched a team of dam safety engineers to the Senteeko Dam, in the Mbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, to conduct an urgent technical assessment and monitor reported structural damage.
South Africa’s post-school education system is under unprecedented strain following a record 650,000 matric passes, exposing what Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has said is a widening gap between success in basic education and limited space at universities.
Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has officially handed over a brand-new multipurpose sports facility, along with sports equipment and new kits, at Heidedal Primary School in George, Western Cape, in a move expected to boost grassroots sport and youth development in the community.
Twenty-two-year-old Ayanda Dludla was charged on Thursday in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court with 14 counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder after the scholar transport vehicle he was driving crashed on Monday, killing and injuring multiple schoolchildren.
The City of Johannesburg has launched a massive campaign against unsafe scholar transport vehicles following the devastating Vanderbijlpark accident that claimed the lives of 12 learners earlier this week.
