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Eastern Cape Department of Education

Girl raped in Eastern Cape school ‘house of horrors’ to receive R5m in damages

South Africa

Girl raped in Eastern Cape school ‘house of horrors’ to receive R5m in damages

By Estelle Ellis

Residents evacuated as dams overflow, rivers burst banks in latest flooding in Kariega

South Africa

Residents evacuated as dams overflow, rivers burst banks in latest flooding in Kariega

By Estelle Ellis

From jealousy to joy: Eastern Cape schools embrace revolutionary wheelie bag desks for learning

South Africa

From jealousy to joy: Eastern Cape schools embrace revolutionary wheelie bag desks for learning

By Estelle Ellis

King promises to help as extortion cripples Mthatha schools and businesses

South Africa

King promises to help as extortion cripples Mthatha schools and businesses

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp

Why are so many people eager to fall on their spears for Jacob Zuma?

South Africa

Why are so many people eager to fall on their spears for Jacob Zuma?

By Sukasha Singh

Eastern Cape schools head to court after education department slashes next year’s budget

South Africa

Eastern Cape schools head to court after education department slashes next year’s budget

By Estelle Ellis

Probe into Eastern Cape school nutrition scheme funding delays that left more than a million learners hungry

South Africa

Probe into Eastern Cape school nutrition scheme funding delays that left more than a million learners hungry

By Will Clark

Eastern Cape schools to finally receive missing R872.5-million in learner subsidies from education department

Politics

Eastern Cape schools to finally receive missing R872.5-million in learner subsidies from education department

By Rod Amner

Middelburg parents shut down high school with no water, no toilets and no teachers for 250 pupils

South Africa

Middelburg parents shut down high school with no water, no toilets and no teachers for 250 pupils

By Estelle Ellis

Nearly R1bn — cost of a soured Eastern Cape school tablet deal with Iqbal Survé-linked group

South Africa

Nearly R1bn — cost of a soured Eastern Cape school tablet deal with Iqbal Survé-linked group

By Tembile Sgqolana

At least 800 Port Elizabeth pupils left hungry after theft of school food supplies

South Africa

At least 800 Port Elizabeth pupils left hungry after theft of school food supplies

By Estelle Ellis

ANC-linked IT firm owned by Iqbal Survé’s Ayo bags questionable R160m lockdown e-learning deal

Business Maverick

ANC-linked IT firm owned by Iqbal Survé’s Ayo bags questionable R160m lockdown e-learning deal

By Pieter-Louis Myburgh for Scorpio