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The Eastern Cape Department of Education has issued a stern warning to teachers against using corporal punishment to discipline learners. This comes as a teacher from Zamokuhle Junior Secondary ...
Eastern Cape Department of Education spokesperson Vuyiseka Mboxela warned that corporal punishment is against the Constitution and the department's policies. She said she had asked the school for ...
Twelve years later, little has changed, and the Eastern Cape Department of Education is ignoring our questions. GroundUp visited the schools in 2022, nine years after the "solidarity visit" by Mda ...
Eastern Cape, South Africa – The Eastern Cape Department of Education has officially banned the sale and consumption of alcohol on all public school premises, citing the need to protect learners ...
Ray Tywakadi, Deputy Director-General of the Eastern Cape Department of Education, confirmed that winners were chosen not only for their dedication, but for exceptional performance nationally.
Six months after seven-year-old Cwecwe was raped at her school, South Africans unite under #JusticeForCwecwe in nationwide protests demanding accountability from police and education officials ...
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has called for a collaborative effort to end the scourge of teenage pregnancy in South Africa, where approximately 30% of teenagers ...
In 2013, Zakes Mda and Archbishop Thabo Makgoba led a delegation of writers and activists to visit rural Eastern Cape schools. They were shocked to find crumbling, overcrowded classrooms. Twelve ...
Image: Eastern Cape Department of Transport/Facebook The continuous adverse weather conditions in the Eastern Cape have claimed the lives of five people after a collision on the N2 on Tuesday.
Ad Policy. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2025. (Andrew Thomas / Getty) This story was produced for ...
In a damning and scathing report the Public Protector has found that the Eastern Cape Department of Health is breaking a handful of laws and regulations in its management of the Dora Nginza Hospital.
Picture: Eastern Cape Department of Transport Nine people have died in the Eastern Cape due to flooding caused by severe weather conditions in the province, with fears that the death toll may rise.