Cutting of 2400 teacher posts questioned in Western Cape Parliament

Picture and Words: Tori Newby/Groundup Following the Western Cape government’s decision to cut 2407 teacher posts beginning January 2025, the provincial Parliament met on Thursday to debate the matter. Also read: Watch: Patrons ‘taking drugs’ at Mojo Market under investigation ‘This government can make better choices, and that’s what we are asking them to do,’ said MPL Brett Herron, secretary-general of the...

Teacher posts: Western Cape education department quizzed in Parliament

capetownetc.com - 30/Oct 07:00

Picture: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp Words: Tori Newby /GroundUp The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) came under fire in Parliament on Tuesday...

Cape Town City Council votes to release land for affordable housing

capetownetc.com - 03/Nov 16:00

Words: Tori Newby / GroundUp On Wednesday, 30 October, the City gave the green light for the release of land in Brackenfell, Wesfleur and Belhar....

Lawyer charged with attempted murder released on bail

capetownetc.com - 05/Nov 06:00

Words: Riyadh Karodia / GroundUp Rael Kassel, a Cape Town attorney accused of attempting to murder his partner, Sheline Uygun, has been granted bail...

Comment on The unseen effect of teacher cuts in the Western Cape by Malele Mogoane

mg.co.za - 01:51

Budget cuts have already cost ANC elections and will continue to negatively affect its electoral fortunes

Western Cape police unveil festive season plan

southernsuburbstatler.co.za - 27/Oct 12:01

National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Fannie Masemola receives the SAPS Western Cape operational plan from Provincial Commissioner...

Bedsores and maggots: Ikamva Labantu’s shocking findings on elder abuse

capetownetc.com - 01/Nov 19:00

Picture and Words: Mary-Anne Gontsana /GroundUp When nurse Nomlindo Mncanywa visted an elderly bedridden woman in Khayelitsha earlier this year she...

‘Missing link’ added to Table Mountain National Park

capetownetc.com - 27/Oct 14:00

Words and Pictures: John Yeld / GroundUp The vision of a fully consolidated and ecologically integrated Table Mountain National Park stretching the...

The unseen effect of teacher cuts in the Western Cape

mg.co.za - 06/Nov 12:00

The austerity measures are damaging for newly qualified teachers but it is the pupils who will bear the brunt as thousands of jobs are lost

GROUNDUP — QUEST FOR WATER: Walking Johannesburg’s hidden waterways on a journey through history and neglect along the Klip River

daily maverick - 06/Nov 14:45

As the magnitude of Johannesburg’s water crisis becomes clear, water authorities are beginning to look at what it would take to use water from...

GROUNDUP — QUEST FOR WATER: Walking the Klip River (Part 2) – Encounters with boerboels, sewage spills and cable theft

daily maverick - 13:11