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Nehawu prevents parents and staff members from accessing WCED services

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape It is absolutely unacceptable that some striking Nehawu workers...

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Don’t wait! 2024 school admissions process has begun

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Applications for school admissions in the 2024 school year opened...

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

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape On Monday, 13 March 2023, the 2024 school admission process begins...

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Extremely late applications continue to be submitted 6 weeks into the school year

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape The Western Cape Education Department has been hard at work since...

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Court hammers Codeta’s illegal blockade of learner transport

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape The Western Cape High Court today granted a final interdict against...

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Taxi mafia continues to prevent 1 800 children from attending school

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Despite an undertaking by the Congress of Democratic Taxi...

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Codeta backs down and suspends their blockade of learner transport

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Today I approached the Western Cape High Court to obtain an urgent...

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World Bank Education Sector Analysis team visits the Western Cape Education Department

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Officials from the World Bank are currently visiting the Western...

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Illegal blockade by minibus taxi mafia keeps over 5 000 children home from school

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape It is unacceptable that the illegal blockade by minibus taxi...

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Attempted extortion by minibus taxi associations puts children’s safety and education at risk

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape This morning I visited Academia Primary School, where over 50% of...

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