Since 2019 the Eastern Cape provincial government has invested about R6 billion in building 104 state-of-the-art schools to replace mud structures, mostly in the former Transkei.
Unecebo Mboteni, the three-year-old boy who drowned in a pit toilet in Mdantsane at Little Champions private creche on Thursday last week, will be laid to rest on Friday. Eastern Cape education MEC Fundile Gade said he had learnt with deep sadness of the death of Unecebo. “The loss of a life, especially at such a young age, is indeed one of the most devastating incidents, not only to the family and the centre management but the entire provincial community.
Education officials are troubled by the wanton acts of violence and crime perpetrated on school grounds in Nelson Mandela Bay and elsewhere in the province.
The power of social media moved many strangers to donate from as little as R10 towards making a 19-year-old disabled girl’s dream to study at the University of Fort Hare come true. Khanyisa Kufa, from Dutywa, has cerebral palsy, which has affected the use of her hands. She uses her foot to write.
Eastern Cape head of education department Dr Soyisile Nuku has died. Nuku died after a short illness, several sources within the department confirmed to the Dispatch on Wednesday evening. The Dispatch understands that Nuku's death was confirmed by MEC Fundile Gade to the department's top management on Wednesday afternoon.