The Department of Basic Education has reported that there were 20,000 learner pregnancies in 2014. The highest number of pregnancies was in Gauteng with over 5,000 and the Eastern Cape at over 3,000. According to the list of schools with high pregnancy rates, Jabulile Secondary in Orange Farm had 32 learners, Botebo-Tsebo in Sebokeng (Unit 14) 48 learners and Esokwazi in Unit 8 in Sebokeng had 51 cases of pregnancy.
The student strike at Wits University gained momentum when the vice chancellor and his executive deadlocked in negotiations with maybe 2,000 students in the occupied Senate House (renamed Solomon Mahlangu House) over a fee hike of 10.5% for next year.
A primary school in Alexandra with no sports facilities was declared new district championship winners of the school’s rugby tournament Gordon primary school was […]
The recent spate of shack fires have left the community of Orange Farm in distress. Different shack fire incidents have claimed 10 lives in Orange […]
Setswetla is an informal settlement in Alexandra township, which is located barely 5km from Sandton. There is no electricity, residents rely on bucket and pit […]
After 21 years of democracy in South Africa some residents at Orange farm, south of Johannesburg are still using pit hole toilets. Residents of Drieziek […]
Soweto residents took to the streets against the installation of smart electricity meters into their houses. They are calling for a flat rate of R400 […]
Most grade 8 learners are kidnapped and taken to initiation schools without their parents’ concern
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