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Private school fees fight heads to court after pupils locked out of classes
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (830+ words) For two Grade 12 pupils, dreams of a better future now hang in the balance after they allegedly found themselves locked out of school over unpaid fees " disrupting preparations for crucial mid-year examinations that could determine the course of their matric…...
Applications open for St Andrew's College Rhodes Scholarship
1+ week, 59+ min ago (222+ words) Applications have opened for the St Andrew's College Rhodes Scholarship. The sought-after scholarship, which provides fully funded postgraduate study at the University of Oxford in the UK, is open to graduates who matriculated from any high school in the Makana…...
RECORDED | SIU briefs media on investigation into Free State bursary scheme
1+ week, 1+ day ago (134+ words) WATCH LIVE | SIU briefs media on investigation into Free State bursary scheme theherald. co. za RECORDED | SIU briefs media on investigation into Free State bursary scheme The Special Investigating Unit will on Tuesday brief the media on its investigation into…...
NMU computing sciences introduces new AI module
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (482+ words) Nelson Mandela University's (NMU) computing science department has introduced a new initiative to train honours students in generative AI, which produces new material from user prompts and vast datasets. NMU computing science department head Prof Jean Greyling said on Tuesday…...
NMU student's mission is to make hypertension medication more affordable
1+ week, 1+ day ago (635+ words) Zwide resident and Nelson Mandela University Master of Science graduate Siphosethu Kota, is developing a better, more cost-effective method to produce Enalapril, which lowers blood pressure. It is one of the most prescribed drugs in hypertension treatment, listed as a…...
Youth Month: Share Your Voice and Win with The Herald
1+ week, 2+ day ago (203+ words) Students and young creatives across Nelson Mandela Bay are invited to showcase their talent and stand a chance to win exciting prizes in The Herald's annual Youth Month Art and Creative Writing Competition. Under the theme "By the Youth, For…...
Bay criminals hiring pupils as drug-runners, says minister
1+ week, 2+ day ago (784+ words) Gqeberha communities must take back their schools from drug lords, who hire pupils as runners to sell to their schoolmates. This is the plea from basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube, who was in Nelson Mandela Bay on a visit to…...
Northern areas skills centre living up to its name
1+ week, 5+ day ago (355+ words) The aptly named Making A Difference Skills Development Centre is making a tangible impact in the northern areas, having upskilled dozens of women. At the weekend, the centre celebrated the graduation of its fourth basic sewing skills class. The centre…...
Eradicating pit toilets could take 10 more years
2+ week, 4+ day ago (806+ words) Thousands of pupils in more than 800 Eastern Cape schools are still forced to use unsafe pit toilets, and the provincial education department says it needs another decade to eradicate them. In many schools, even the pit latrines are unusable, forcing…...
St George's Preparatory School to close at end of 2026
2+ week, 5+ day ago (587+ words) One of Gqeberha's longstanding private schools, St George's Preparatory School, is set to close at the end of the 2026 academic year following ongoing concerns about low pupil enrolment. The situation has left parents, pupils and staff uncertain about the future....