Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
hoerskool overvaallatest news & developments
The Gauteng education department believes its new school scheme will prevent tensions over admissions, such as the protest at Hoërskool Overvaal. (Felix Dlangamandla/Netwerk24/Gallo Images)

This is how feeder zones will work

Schools must accept the nearest pupils first, regardless of their language or ability to pay

Midnight deadline for Gauteng school applications

Midnight deadline for Gauteng school applications

Applications through the online admissions system opened on April 16 and will close at midnight on Tuesday morning

Woman of the cloth: A mourner at the memorial service in Soweto for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Photo: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

ConCourt asked to hear Overvaal case

The education department filed papers to the highest court in the land this week to appeal last month’s high court judgment

Lesufi has given the 2?067 schools in Gauteng, which are distributed between 15 feeder zones, 30 days to dispute the announcement. (Sandile Ndlovu/Sowetan)

Gauteng education department approaches ConCourt over Hoërskool Overvaal

Provincial education spokesperson Steve Mabona confirmed that the department had filed its application to appeal the court’s decision

The movement of children from ‘rural’ provinces to Gauteng and the Western Cape makes planning difficult for these provinces.

Admission patterns plague schools

Understanding migration and age dynamics can address placement problems

All white not right: Panyaza Lesufi

Lesufi sets Feb 15 deadline to place more than 3 000 pupils

​A total of 3 366 Grade 1 and Grade 8 pupils still need to be placed in schools, according to Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi

Panyaza Lesufi warns Westbury community members not to damage newly reopened school

People were told to express their grievances against political parties by approaching Lesufi instead of attacking schools and damaging property.

All white not right: Panyaza Lesufi

Gauteng education department and school in court over additional placements

Hoërskool Overvaal maintains it has reached its capacity while the department said the pupils were denied places based on their language preference.