A PROTEST march paid off for children at Mayibuye High School in Mpumalanga when the education department gave them what they wanted – chairs. The pupils marched about 12km to…

MPUMALANGA education MEC, Craig Padayachee, failed to attend a meeting on Thursday to address the locking out of over 1 000 rural children from primary school. The children of…

POLICEMEN were chased away on Tuesday when they tried to force open gates that had been welded shut at a rural school near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga. Over 1 000 children have not…

Mpho Mavi* is a thin, timid boy with white sores that dimple his belly and back. The marks bear testimony to the torture he suffered, allegedly at the hands of his teacher, her…

Learners at many Mpumalanga township schools are resorting to boycotts and vandalism to express their concerns. In just the last four weeks, three high schools have embarked on…