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The countdown to matric results: support for learners and families

As the Matric Class of 2024 awaits their results, emotions are naturally running high. For many learners and their families, this period is marked by excitement, pressure, happiness, and hopefulness, but on the other hand, it also brings…

SA’s Covid-19 death toll closes in on 150, as cases climb to over 7,500

The number of South Africans to die of Covid-19 has climbed to 148, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Ten deaths were reported in the last 24 hours – seven of them in the Western Cape and one each in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and…

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize with Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. Image: Fredlin Adriaan

Eastern Cape Covid-19 cases shoot to 535, SA now at 4,546

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape skyrocketed to 535 on Sunday night, up 47 from 488 on Saturday. Health minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement that South Africa now has 4,546 confirmed cases and 87 deaths,…

SA has 2,783 confirmed cases of Covid-19, the health ministry said on Friday.Image: Jozef Polc/123rf.com

More than 240 Covid-19 cases in Eastern Cape as SA total climbs to 2,783

Gauteng became the first province in SA to have more than 1,000 cases of Covid-19, as the national total climbed to 2,783 by Friday evening. In a statement, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize also confirmed that there were two newly…

ANC National Chairperson, Gwede Mantashe at the Results Operation Centre in Tshwane for the counting of votes for the 2019 National and Provincial Elections is happening. File photo.Image: Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times

ANC in trouble in Gauteng as support falls below 50%

The ANC in Gauteng on Friday morning saw its electoral support in the country’s economic hub dropping to below the 50% mark after just under 60% of the provincial votes had been counted. This is the first time the party has dropped below…

HAPPY TO BE IN THE TOP: The 2018 matric pupils at Kuyasa Combined School did well this year and held their certificates high as they celebrated the 83.78% pass-rate they managed to achieve Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Matric results not what was hoped for

Despite the Eastern Cape province having broken the 70% pass-rate (70.6%) for the first time in the post-apartheid era it was a fairly disappointing year for a considerable number of 2018 National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric pupils…

ON THE RISE: Kuyasa Combined 2018 matriculants celebrate passing their National Senior Certificates on Friday January 4 Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Matrics celebrate, but there’s room for improvement

Many questions regarding the state of schools in the district remain, but that is no longer the concern of the matriculants who passed their 2018 National Senior Certificate (NSC) and were presented with their certificates and grades when…