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Friends tackle epic run for charity

Two friends from Howick in KwaZulu-Natal, Matthew Murray and Charles Raw set off from Nico Malan Bridge in Port Alfred at the crack of dawn on Saturday to take on an epic charity 1,222km run to raise funds for an impoverished school. The…

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Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has defended her department’s phased-in approach to reopening schools.Image: Thapelo Morebudi/The Sunday Times

REOPENING OF SCHOOLS

26 AUG 2020

Motshekga insists schools were ready to reopen, but opposition doesn’t buy it

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga says the government is satisfied that its systems are ready – and have been ready – for the reopening of schools this week. Motshekga told MPs that the department did everything possible to make…

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