VEREENIGING – Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Tasneem Motara led the School Readiness Campaign in the Sedibeng District as schools opened for the 2025 academic year. The campaign was launched by the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and is aimed at ensuring that schools across the province are fully equipped to receive learners and provide quality education as […]
Learners represented Sedibeng in the respective teams VEREENIGING.- Six talented learners from Laerskool Sonlandpark Primary proudly represented Sedibeng at the 2025 Inter-Regional Chess Championships, held at the University of Johannesburg on December 7 and 8 last year, 2024. The learners represented Sedibeng in the respective teams indicated in brackets: Matthew Reddy (U14) Lerato Mohapi (U14) Mpendulo […]
Vocabulary is most often acquired incidentally, either at home, school, or within the community, but here are some of the ways in which we can increase our children’s vocabulary. Vocabulary, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, refers to “all the words known and used by a particular person” or “all the words that exist in a particular language or subject”, yet very few people sit up and take notice of […]
Serious allegations of learner abuse, including beatings, have emerged from the excursion where two Benoni learners from Daveyton Skills School drowned in the Hennops River near Centurion on Monday. Speaking to journalists after visiting the families of Siphamandla Peterson, 15, and 17-year-old Sibusiso Sibiya — who died during the unsanctioned discipline camp held by non-governmental organisation […]
Article written by Constance van Niekerk Sharpeville, Vereeniging – The El-Bethel Worship Center in Sharpeville, next to Vuka Taxi Rank, resonated with the sounds of success as Phothiza Holdings proudly presented the second annual Frankly Spelling Bee Championship on March 21st. The spelling bee was a celebration of linguistic talent, drawing in thirty-five […]
NSFAS is projecting a 7% increase in the number of students qualifying for bursaries this year, and for the first time, TVET college students will receive living allowances Higher education minister Blade Nzimande says government is aiming to increase the number of students receiving National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding to one million. Nzimande […]
The department said that more than 1.1 million student applied for funding from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for 2023. The Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Blade Nzimande, said that the issue of student placement at institutions should not be politicised. The department said that more than 1.1 million students applied […]
Blade Nzimande, South Africa’s higher education minister, on Tuesday announced that the current student debt owed to tertiary institutions stood at around R16.5 billion. Minister Blade Nzimande has emphasised that the extent of student debt posed a serious threat to the future sustainability of the country’s higher education institutions. Nzimande, South Africa’s higher education minister, […]
The South African Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) said that this would have a devastating impact on the future growth of the health profession, as it may deter people from wanting to become doctors. The South African Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) accused the national Department of Health (DOH) of failing to fulfill its commitment […]
The UCT Academics’ Union said that the institution’s 3% pay rise offer was an insult. Academic staff at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are preparing to down tools this week over a wage dispute. The Academics’ Union members are demanding a 6% increase, double what the university is offering. As tertiary institutions prepare to […]