Thursday, January 21, 2010
Peter Edmund Van Vuuren, known as Edmund.
Born on 15 May 1956, in Port Elizabeth.
Marital Status
- Sadly, my wife, Charmaine, passed away in early 2017. We have a son, a daughter-in-law, daughter and three grandchildren.
Education
- Completed matric in 1973 at Paterson High in Port Elizabeth.
- Obtained a Bachelors of Science degree and a Higher Diploma in Education at the University of the Western Cape in 1979.
Background
- I started my teaching career in 1980 at Chapman Secondary School in Port Elizabeth, where I was responsible for teaching mathematics to the matriculants.
- In 1992, I was appointed Principal at Hillside High school and served in this position untill my election as a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature, on the 22nd of April 2009.
- I have spent 29 years, 3 months and 22 days in the teaching profession.
Political background
- I became a member of the Democratic Alliance in 2000.
- In 2006 I was elected as a DA Proportional councillor in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, and served on the Budget and Treasury Committee.
- I became a member of the Provincial Legislature in 2009 and as an MPL, I serve on the following Portfolios: Education; Office of the Premier; I am also the Chief Whip of the DA Caucus in Bhisho.
- I am the current Constituency Leader of PE North, which consists of wards 9, 10, 12,21, 22, 23, 29, 32 and 34 in the Norhern Areas and KwaZakhle in Port Elizabeth.
Hobbies
- I play golf for pleasure.
- Also a vivid reader.
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Eastern Cape Education MEC, Fundile Gade, must be called to account on his Department’s repeated failures to address death trap pit latrines at schools. How many more innocent lives must we lose before the MEC starts holding his officials accountable and starts taking action? Parents cannot be tortured by the nightmare of having to lose a child in this horrific way. The death of four-year-old Langalam Viki, who died in …
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) congratulates the Eastern Cape Matric class of 2022 for their dedication and resilience to achieve excellent results, despite the numerous challenges they faced. We congratulate every matric learner who has reaped the rewards of their hard work. Those who have put in extra hours with Saturday classes, attending summer and winter schools and participating in the LAIC programme to make up for the lost time in …
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Hundreds of Grade 12 learners from Pakamani Senior Secondary School in Butterworth have had their futures compromised because of the inept bungling of their Life Orientation paper during the matric exams last year. Not only will these learners not receive their results with the rest of South Africa’s class of 2022 matrics this week, but they will be forced to rewrite the subject. The subsequent delays in getting their results …
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Tens of thousands of learners at 1 075 schools in the Eastern Cape are at risk of contracting life-threatening diseases because the Education Department has still not done anything to remove the carcinogenic asbestos from schools. Education MEC Fundile Gade admits that asbestos can cause diseases such as asbestosis and asbestos-related cancer, but the Department is dragging its heels on eradicating it from schools. In response to a parliamentary question, …
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Close to 70 000 learners have disappeared from the Eastern Cape’s enrolment register between April and August this year, but despite this worrying trend, there seems to be no plan in place to address this, or even a sense of urgency to do so. I am deeply concerned as to what is happening to these learners, given the social ills in our society. They cannot simply be abandoned. In response …
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