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A victory for Uitzig HS learners - Western Cape High Court rules in favour of MEC to close Uitsig High School

Last week, the Western Cape High Court ruled that the application brought by the SGB of the school challenging my decision to close Uitzig...

I note the statement by Western Cape ANC education spokesperson, Theo Olivier, regarding the Rustenburg Junior school incident. As usual...

I am delighted to announce that, after a long period of discussions between the WCED, the Western Cape Department of Community Safety, the...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate two Western Cape learners, both from Bloemhof Girls High School in Stellenbosch, for being placed...

Today, National Senior Certificate candidates will be writing Tourism and Information Technology. Tomorrow, they will be writing Mathematics...

The WCED would like to clarify some of the confusion around the closure dates for the 2018 school year. Schools in this Province, as well as...

For the majority of our NSC candidates, Tuesday marks the start of the 2018 NSC examination period with many candidates across the Western...

Today I received yet another video of learners smoking dagga within school premises. This is becoming a common sight within our schools and...

The Cape Argus continues to mislead its readers unabated, with yet another distorted report published today on the draft Western Cape...

Yesterday the WCED and the Sinako HS were informed by the South African Police Service that a Grade 8 learner had succumbed to his wounds...