The Department of Social Development’s matric helpline was inundated with calls from distressed pupils in their opening day on Wednesday. Social development spokesperson Lumka Oliphant told News24 that they had over 3 000 please call me’s and 2 000 callers in their first half of the day. She said they[…]
Neither guns or gangs could stop the matric pupils of Oval High School in Mitchell’s Plain from getting close to a 100% pass rate. “I know how many difficulties you had to face,” said principal Na-aim Kassiem with awe as he addressed the class of 2015 who were sitting at[…]
Qatar has become the latest country to back Saudi Arabia in its dispute with Iran, recalling its ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday in response to the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions last weekend. Jordan, Djibouti, and Turkey also expressed pro-Saudi positions on Wednesday after the embassy attacks in Iran that[…]
President Hassan Rouhani asked Iran’s judiciary on Wednesday to urgently prosecute the people who attacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran in protest at the kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shi’ite cleric. Rouhani’s comments appear to show his determination to reduce tension with Iran’s Sunni Gulf neighbors and continue his attempts[…]
The street in front of the former Charlie Hebdo building is almost empty. A plaque, placed here on Tuesday January 5, to commemorate the journalists killed inside almost a year ago is being modified. A spelling mistake was spotted earlier in the day; the name of the artist Georges Wolinski[…]
Matric pupils across the country have returned to their schools today to collect their National Senior Certificates, with pupils in the Western Cape able to collect their results from midday onwards. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced that the matric pass rate for the 2015 academic year is 70,7% which[…]
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have reaching boiling point after the Kingdom severed all diplomatic ties with its gulf rival, following a series of events spurred by the execution of Iranian cleric, Nimr al-Nimr. The shia preacher, who was arrested and convicted on charges including attempting to incite political[…]
Basic Education minister, Angie Motshekga’s announcement of the National Senior Certificate pass rate for 2015 has yielded mixed responses despite a notable decline. Over 800,000 candidates wrote the matric exams last year, marking the largest group to do so since 1994. Positively, 2015 has seen the country’s education system score[…]
All lower quintile schools in the Western Cape improved their matric performance, Western Cape education MEC Debbie Schäfer said on Wednesday. They were still analysing the numbers, but were happy with the various improvements. The province had the highest matric pass rate in the country, at 84.7%. Public schools are[…]
Two people were arrested after customs officials confiscated heroin and abalone at the Beitbridge border post and Cape Town International Airport, Sars said on Wednesday. At Cape Town International Airport, airline staff tipped customs officials off about a consignment in a cargo shed, spokesperson Sandile Memela said. It turned out[…]
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