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Nehawu prevents parents and staff members from accessing WCED services

It is absolutely unacceptable that some striking Nehawu workers invaded the walk-in Client Service Centre at the Western Cape Education...

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Don’t wait! 2024 school admissions process has begun

Applications for school admissions in the 2024 school year opened this morning at 00h01. As of 10h30 this morning, we had already received...

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Don’t wait! Get your 2024 school admission documents ready today!

On Monday, 13 March 2023, the 2024 school admission process begins! We understand that the admissions process can be a stressful time of...

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Late applications continue to be submitted 6 weeks into the school year

The Western Cape Education Department has been hard at work since before schools reopened to complete infrastructure for new learners in...

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Court hammers Codeta’s illegal blockade of learner transport

The Western Cape High Court today granted a final interdict against the Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations (Codeta), preventing them...

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Taxi mafia continues to prevent 1 800 children from attending school

Despite an undertaking by the Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations (Codeta) not to intimidate, threaten, or prevent learner transport...

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Codeta backs down and suspends their blockade of learner transport

Today I approached the Western Cape High Court to obtain an urgent interdict against the Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations (Codeta)...

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World Bank Education Sector Analysis team visits the WC Education Department

Officials from the World Bank are currently visiting the Western Cape Education Department to make preparations for the Education Sector...

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Illegal blockade by minibus taxi mafia keeps over 5000 children home from school

It is unacceptable that the illegal blockade by minibus taxi associations escalated yesterday, with over 5 000 learners being prevented from...

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Extremely late applications for 3 391 learners received since 1 January 2023

The Western Cape Education Department has been hard at work since before schools reopened to complete infrastructure for new learners in...

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