The Eastern Cape education department has filled 1500 vacancies following wildcat strikes by teachers who complained about being overworked, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Loyiso Pulumani said the department was “pushing hard” to ensure schools’ staff needs were met and that teachers for core subjects were in their posts.

Honourable Speaker, Honourable Premier, Members of the Executive Council, Honourable members in the house and guests present here today, allow me to state unequivocally that it is indeed an honour and a privilege to present a report as a member of the Democratic Alliance, on the performance of the Provincial Department of Education for the [...]

“The unavailable documentation is tantamount to fraud” — Edmund van Vuuren. THE embattled Eastern Cape department of education has failed to submit crucial documents to the auditor-general to back up payments worth billions made during the last financial year. This was revealed yesterday when chief financial officer Philisa Mdikane came before the portfolio committee on [...]

The members of the Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape Legislature, Bobby Stevenson, Edmund van Vuuren, Dacre Haddon and John Cupido will be participating in the provincial Mandela Day celebration that will be held at Sephepheto Junior School near Fiva Village near Matatiele today. (Subs: Monday 18 July). MPLs will be planting trees and sowing [...]

DA MPL Edmund van Vuuren said many pupils still of school-going age “simply disappeared from the system and no efforts were made to establish their whereabouts”. A DAMNING new report has sparked warnings by experts that the extent of internal decay could be a final nail in the coffin for Eastern Cape education. “The province [...]

The Democratic Alliance is delighted to announce that through its continued pressure the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) has finally agreed to reimburse disadvantaged schools for school fee exemptions. In an Education Portfolio Committee meeting held on Thursday, 29 April,  at the Provincial Legislature, the ECDoE officially announced that schools within the Quintile 4 [...]