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- Three lives lost in grim collision
Three people have lost their lives in a collision on the N17 crossing traffic light, adjacent to Cassim Park, on Saturday night. Two more have been hospitalized. Emergency services rushed to the scene, which was cordoned off while pathology services investigated. The collision between the Toyota Hilux and Nissan NP200 shocked motorists, and a crowd quickly gathered to see what happened. An eye witness told the Tribune ePaper that one of the vehicles disregarded the traffic light, and the collision occurred at high speed. One of the two lifeless occupants of the NP200 had to be freed from the wreckage with the jaws of life. One occupant of the Toyota Hilux perished during the collision. Forensic services combed the scene, while Msukaligwa Fire and Rescue Services, towing services, provincial ambulance services and ER24 arrived in swift succession. Spartan Training, the traffic department and the SAPS worked in tandem to regulate the scene and the flow of traffic. Fire Chief, Mr. Jaco Johnstone, swiftly sorted out the scene with sturdy authority and leadership. Three lives lost in grim collision Three lives lost in grim collision 1/6 Share GK CRONJE 10 August 2021 One of the two lifeless occupants of the NP200 had to be freed from the wreckage with the jaws of life. One occupant of the Toyota Hilux perished during the collision. Three people have lost their lives in a collision on the N17 crossing traffic light, adjacent to Cassim Park, on Saturday night. Two more have been hospitalized. Emergency services rushed to the scene, which was cordoned off while pathology services investigated. The collision between the Toyota Hilux and Nissan NP200 shocked motorists, and a crowd quickly gathered to see what happened. An eye witness told the Tribune ePaper that one of the vehicles disregarded the traffic light, and the collision occurred at high speed. One of the two lifeless occupants of the NP200 had to be freed from the wreckage with the jaws of life. One occupant of the Toyota Hilux perished during the collision. Forensic services combed the scene, while Msukaligwa Fire and Rescue Services, towing services, provincial ambulance services and ER24 arrived in swift succession. Spartan Training, the traffic department and the SAPS worked in tandem to regulate the scene and the flow of traffic. Fire Chief, Mr. Jaco Johnstone, swiftly sorted out the scene with sturdy authority and leadership. < Previous Article Next Article >
- EHS bedank Smet Jet
Die Erries is reg vir die jaar en met samewerking soos dié vanaf die gemeenskap, kan Hoërskool Ermelo baie groot hoogtes bereik. EHS bedank Smet Jet 1/1 Share SH HATTINGH 16 February 2021 Die Erries is reg vir die jaar en met samewerking soos dié vanaf die gemeenskap, kan Hoërskool Ermelo baie groot hoogtes bereik. Hoërskool Ermelo se dank gaan uit aan Smet Jet wat EHS se geboue – koshuise ingesluit, gesaniteer het en so bygedra het tot die voorbereiding vir 2021 se skooljaar. Die Erries is reg vir die jaar en met samewerking soos dié vanaf die gemeenskap, kan Hoërskool Ermelo baie groot hoogtes bereik. < Previous Article Next Article >
- Reeks-inbreker Thando loop rieme styf
Die infame inbreker, Thando, is omstreeks 10:30 op 18 Maart 2022, weerens deur Paul Koen van ACSU vasgetrek. ‘N Pensionaris paartjie in Fourie Straat het alarm gemaak nadat hul honde verdag opgetree het. Die inwoners het ondersoek ingestel, en opgemerk dat Thando in hul motorhuis in ‘n bondeltjie lê in ‘n poging om weg te kruip. Dié was besig om die inwoners helderoordag te beroof. Die inwoners het dadelik die motorhuis se deur toegetrek met Thando vasgevang binne, en ACSU in kennis gestel. Verskeie items was op Thando se persoon gevind, onder andere ‘n elektriese boor. Die inwoners het egter aan die Tribune gesê dat dit die derde keer is wat die einste Thando hul beroof het, selfs nadat hulle haar gehelp het met kos, klere en komberse toe sy kom aanklop het ‘n paar maande gelede. “Dié skurk het al voorheen drie keer by ons ingebreek. Sy het ons al rot en kaal besteel. Sy het ons karavaan se vensters oop forseer en skoonskip gemaak met al die inhoud. Klere, LP gas bottels, eetgerei, noem dit, en sy het dit weg gedra. Sy het ons kampstoele gesteel, wat R1500 elk kos. Mens kan sien dat sy mak is met die gereg, en dat sy niks oorkom as sy gevang word nie. Sy kom keer op keer terug en besteel inwoners, en kom weg daarmee. Genoeg is genoeg, ek gaan ‘n saak maak teen haar. Iewers moet iemand met haar plan maak,” het die inwoners laat hoor. Die SAPD is in kennis gestel, en voor hul aankoms het Thando haar eie ontlasting begin eet in ‘n poging om arrestasie te fnuik. Die inwoners het egter aangedring om ‘n diefstal saak te open, en Thando is gevolglik gearresteer. Dié einste Thando word verbind met dosyne gevalle in Ermelo Oos, waar sy inwoners rot en kaal besteel. Sy is oor die algemeen kenmerkend kaalvoet, en haar onaangename reuk loop haar vooruit. Sy dra alles weg van waarde, vanaf tuingereedskap, gas bottles, tuinslange, tot en met solar liggies. Sy is ook al op heter daad betrap, waar sy ‘n woonhuis se vensters oopforseer het, en besig was om ‘n skootrekener, gepaard met alle toebehore, sorgvuldig op te pak. Flink reaksie van ACSU het gesorg dat sy nie ontsnap nie. Thando se familie woon in Amersfoort, waarheen sy al verskeie kere geneem is, net vir haar om terug te keer Ermelo toe om haar kriminele leefstyl voort te sit. Sy is ook al by ‘n rehabilitasie sentrum ingeboek, waarna sy egter haar uit die voete gemaak het. Tydens die bogenoemde voorval was Thando reeds uit op borg, waar sy aangekla was van ‘n soortgelyke misdaad. Nadat Thando op Vrydag gearresteer was, het die Tribune informasie ontvang dat die SAPS haar na bewering vrygelaat het. Die Tribune het navraag gerig aan die SAPD woordvoerder, en teen perstyd was geen terugvoer ontvang nie. Sien meer foto’s op ons Facebook blad, Tribune Ermelo. Reeks-inbreker Thando loop rieme styf Reeks-inbreker Thando loop rieme styf 1/7 Share GK CRONJE 22 March 2022 Sy is ook al by ‘n rehabilitasie sentrum ingeboek, waarna sy egter haar uit die voete gemaak het. Die infame inbreker, Thando, is omstreeks 10:30 op 18 Maart 2022, weerens deur Paul Koen van ACSU vasgetrek. ‘N Pensionaris paartjie in Fourie Straat het alarm gemaak nadat hul honde verdag opgetree het. Die inwoners het ondersoek ingestel, en opgemerk dat Thando in hul motorhuis in ‘n bondeltjie lê in ‘n poging om weg te kruip. Dié was besig om die inwoners helderoordag te beroof. Die inwoners het dadelik die motorhuis se deur toegetrek met Thando vasgevang binne, en ACSU in kennis gestel. Verskeie items was op Thando se persoon gevind, onder andere ‘n elektriese boor. Die inwoners het egter aan die Tribune gesê dat dit die derde keer is wat die einste Thando hul beroof het, selfs nadat hulle haar gehelp het met kos, klere en komberse toe sy kom aanklop het ‘n paar maande gelede. “Dié skurk het al voorheen drie keer by ons ingebreek. Sy het ons al rot en kaal besteel. Sy het ons karavaan se vensters oop forseer en skoonskip gemaak met al die inhoud. Klere, LP gas bottels, eetgerei, noem dit, en sy het dit weg gedra. Sy het ons kampstoele gesteel, wat R1500 elk kos. Mens kan sien dat sy mak is met die gereg, en dat sy niks oorkom as sy gevang word nie. Sy kom keer op keer terug en besteel inwoners, en kom weg daarmee. Genoeg is genoeg, ek gaan ‘n saak maak teen haar. Iewers moet iemand met haar plan maak,” het die inwoners laat hoor. Die SAPD is in kennis gestel, en voor hul aankoms het Thando haar eie ontlasting begin eet in ‘n poging om arrestasie te fnuik. Die inwoners het egter aangedring om ‘n diefstal saak te open, en Thando is gevolglik gearresteer. Dié einste Thando word verbind met dosyne gevalle in Ermelo Oos, waar sy inwoners rot en kaal besteel. Sy is oor die algemeen kenmerkend kaalvoet, en haar onaangename reuk loop haar vooruit. Sy dra alles weg van waarde, vanaf tuingereedskap, gas bottles, tuinslange, tot en met solar liggies. Sy is ook al op heter daad betrap, waar sy ‘n woonhuis se vensters oopforseer het, en besig was om ‘n skootrekener, gepaard met alle toebehore, sorgvuldig op te pak. Flink reaksie van ACSU het gesorg dat sy nie ontsnap nie. Thando se familie woon in Amersfoort, waarheen sy al verskeie kere geneem is, net vir haar om terug te keer Ermelo toe om haar kriminele leefstyl voort te sit. Sy is ook al by ‘n rehabilitasie sentrum ingeboek, waarna sy egter haar uit die voete gemaak het. Tydens die bogenoemde voorval was Thando reeds uit op borg, waar sy aangekla was van ‘n soortgelyke misdaad. Nadat Thando op Vrydag gearresteer was, het die Tribune informasie ontvang dat die SAPS haar na bewering vrygelaat het. Die Tribune het navraag gerig aan die SAPD woordvoerder, en teen perstyd was geen terugvoer ontvang nie. Sien meer foto’s op ons Facebook blad, Tribune Ermelo. < Previous Article Next Article >
- AfriForum patches roads in Bethal
“We had to make a decision on which roads need to be maintained and patched up as soon as possible, unfortunately not all the roads can be repaired. We can’t maintain all the roads, it is impossible, and funding is also a problem. We try to patch as many holes as possible, but there is just no way that some can again be repaired, because the roads are in poor condition,” Bekker stated. AfriForum patches roads in Bethal 1/1 Share GK CRONJE 7 July 2020 “We had to make a decision on which roads need to be maintained and patched up as soon as possible, unfortunately not all the roads can be repaired. We can’t maintain all the roads, it is impossible, and funding is also a problem. We try to patch as many holes as possible, but there is just no way that some can again be repaired, because the roads are in poor condition,” Bekker stated. AfriForum is back in action in Bethal as lockdown restrictions ease, and Hennie Bekker, District Coordinator stated that they are hoping to fill another 300 potholes with a new latex tar mixture, which is said to be just as effective as the normal cold premix. Work done would not have been possible without the financial assistance from the community and business association, and sadly many roads in Bethal needs to be resurfaced. “We had to make a decision on which roads need to be maintained and patched up as soon as possible, unfortunately not all the roads can be repaired. We can’t maintain all the roads, it is impossible, and funding is also a problem. We try to patch as many holes as possible, but there is just no way that some can again be repaired, because the roads are in poor condition,” Bekker stated. According to him, roads maintenance is a massive issue due to the heavy motor vehicles that continuously traverse the CBD and residential area. If you would like to be involved, or offer assistance with community projects, you may contact Hennie Bekker on 081 217 6091. < Previous Article Next Article >
- Inwoners stik aan stank van ontlasting
Die straat en veld is gesaai met menslike ontlasting, sanitêre produkte, kondome en toiletpapier. Inwoners stik aan stank van ontlasting 1/4 Share GK CRONJE 6 July 2022 Die straat en veld is gesaai met menslike ontlasting, sanitêre produkte, kondome en toiletpapier. Te midde van die Msukaligwa Plaaslike Munisipaliteit (MLM) wat nuwe konstruksieprojekte, bouplanne en koshuisuitbreidings links en regs goedkeur, trek die omgewing, fauna en flora, asook inwoners letterlik vir jare lank al aan die kortste punt. Die onvoldoende rioolnetwerk, wat vanaf Camdenlaan, via President Fouchélaan tot en met Robbertsstraat strek, is al vir meer as 10 jaar ‘n doring in die vlees van menigte inwoners. Munisipale bestuurders van vier verkiesings terug se beloftes bly steeds onvervuld, met die probleem wat daagliks vererger. Die impak op die natuurlewe en vleilanddiere, veral opmerklik die reiers wat Ermelo bekoor, is 'n rede tot groot kommer, aangesien die rioolstorting direk in die Pet Dam vloei, wat 'n spoor van besoedeling en wildsterftes in sy nasleep laat. Vanaf die Pet Dam, wat alreeds buitensporig besoedel is, sluit die oorloop aan by die Klein Drinkwaterstroom, wat uiteindelik in die Vaalrivier beland. In 'n omgewingstudie wat vrygestel is, word MLM, onder drie ander Mpumalanga-munisipaliteite, uitdruklik as 'n hoofskuldige in die jare lange besoedeling van die Vaalrivier uitgewys. Tot op hede is geen opgraderings, of aksie geneem nie, met die situasie wat onverklaarbaar erger is as voorheen. Daar is wel bewerings van ‘n kontrakteur wat besig is met rioolstelsel opgraderings in dié area. Helaas, inwoners weeklaag die feit dat die kontrakteur, volgens klagtes ontvang vanaf inwoners, die probleem egter vererger het. “Die manne dolwe die hele area om, en gaan kwansuis nuwe pype installeer. Dit lyk vir my meer of hulle aanjaag, want die riool is nou tien keer erger as wat dit was. As ek by my voordeur uit kyk, sien ek net plasse rou riool waar die kontrakteur werk gedoen het. Is dit nou die tipe werkmanskap wat ons tevrede mee moet wees. My hele huis riuk na ontlasting, en dit vererger soggens en saans. Ons gaan slaap met die reuk, en word wakker met die reuk. Ons kan nie eers meer buite braai nie, want die walglike reuk maak mens letterlik naar,” het ‘n woedende inwoner aan die Tribune gesê. Die gereelde verstoppings en oorloop van die rioollyn in President Fouchélaan dui duidelik op 'n groter probleemfaktor met die netwerkarea, aangesien inwoners naby die President Fouchélaan en Robertsstraat-kruising in 'n konstante walm van ontlasting woon. Die straat en veld is gesaai met menslike ontlasting, sanitêre produkte, kondome en toiletpapier. Die velde in hierdie area is voortdurend deurdrenk met riool, en hou ook ernstige gesondheidsimplikasies in vir inwoners en leerders van die nabygeleë skole. Terwyl MLM se gesagsfigure, sowel as verskeie wyksraadslede deeglik bewus is van die probleme waarmee inwoners te kampe het, wil dit voorkom asof min gedoen word om 'n permanente en lewensvatbare oplossing te bied. Gert Sibande-distriksmunisipaliteit is ook by verskeie geleenthede oor die kwessie ingelig, maar beweer dat hulle geen jurisdiksie in die saak het nie. Die Demokratiese Alliansie (DA) het opgemerk dat die party 'n brief aan die premier van Mpumalanga gestuur het. Ongelukkig is dit bykans ‘n jaar later, met geen terugvoer of aksie rakende die probleem nie. Lesers kan meer foto's en video's op ons Facebook-blad, Tribune Ermelo, sien. < Previous Article Next Article >
- Oud MLA-leerder maak gemeenskap trots
Hy is tans kaptein by Comair, vlieg Kulula en British Airways, en gee ook opleiding aan vlieëniers en simulator opleiding. Oud MLA-leerder maak gemeenskap trots 1/1 Share GK CRONJE 13 April 2021 Hy is tans kaptein by Comair, vlieg Kulula en British Airways, en gee ook opleiding aan vlieëniers en simulator opleiding. “Wat meer kan ons as Morgenzon Landbou Akademie sê as dat ons uiters trots is op jou, Corné Pierneef. Corné was 'n leerder van ons trotse skool, en het altyd groot gedroom. Corné het weereens bewys om jou drome na te jaag, pluk mens altyd die vrugte. Hy is tans kaptein by Comair, vlieg Kulula en British Airways, en gee ook opleiding aan vlieëniers en simulator opleiding. Ons baie trots op jou Corné, en weet jy gaan nog baie ander hoogtes bereik!” < Previous Article Next Article >
- Tribute to Johanisi Mandla Mahlangu | tribune-newspaper
Tribute to Johanisi Mandla Mahlangu 1/1 Share SH HATTINGH 16 February 2021 Be assured, you will be missed. Hamba Kahle Johannes, ‘til we meet again. In the time of COVID-19 we hear about people falling ill, and people dying. Somehow, however, it remains a distant possibility, something that happens to other people. This is until a fateful morning when someone close to you confides that he is not feeling well. For Mandla Mahlangu’s colleagues at Willem Cilliers Attorneys, that date arrived on 3 February 2021. Despite Mandla immediately being sent for medical attention, his illness progressed steadily and led to his unfortunate demise on Friday, 12 February 2021. Though we are stunned by the suddenness and the finality of it all, we also have a heartfelt desire to honour Mandla as a loyal staff member and an invaluable cog in the machinery of our practice. Albert Einstein said: ‘The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.’ In one word, Mandla was a man who gave. He gave much to his work, he was loyal to his employer and loyal to our clients. That is why we would like to speak in celebration of his life. Here was a life that demanded notice, a life that inspired emulation, a life that burned so that others’ paths be lit. His neighbours in Wesselton will remember him as the guy with the Houghton house in Mabuza Street, the man with the dazzling garden who tried to uplift his community. A man strong of conviction and not shy to weigh in when needed. On a cold winter’s day, 11 July 1994, Mandla and I started a journey on an uncertain path. We started small with baby steps but with a firm belief that the future will be bright. Oh, what a journey it turned out to be, and along the way Mandla became a trusted friend. A journey that lasted for 28 years. The journey that ended to soon! The character of the life he lived might be summed up on a few words, he was sincere, he was earnest, he was loyal. The road without you beckons, Mandla, and it promises to be lonely. Be assured, you will be missed. Hamba Kahle Johannes, ‘til we meet again. - Contributed by Willem Cilliers. < Previous Article Next Article >
- Choking on the smell of faeces
Several complaints have been lodged regarding the call centre at MLM, with operators allegedly claiming that the system is offline, and they are unable to provide complainants with reference numbers to their complaints. Choking on the smell of faeces 1/2 Share GK CRONJE 13 April 2021 Several complaints have been lodged regarding the call centre at MLM, with operators allegedly claiming that the system is offline, and they are unable to provide complainants with reference numbers to their complaints. Residents in De Bruin Park is once again getting the short en of the stick, as sewerage lines are blocked and overflowing, with no reprieve from Msukaligwa Local Municipality. Residents in Generaal Botha Road have are left with their hands in their hair, and their yards drenched in sewage as blocked lines makes life miserable for everyone in the area. In some cases, sewage has been constantly overflowing for more than a week, and complaints from residents to MLM fall on deaf ears. Speaking to the Tribune ePaper, a resident in Camden Avenue, living near the marshlands next to Nomndeni, also complained about the constant smell of sewage in the field, as well as the field between President Fouché Avenue and Tom Muller Street. “It is a nightmare living like this on a daily basis. You can literally hear the sewage bubbling the field, and the smell is always here, not matter which direction the wind blows in. It is especially bad at night and in the early morning, I don’t know why. I am out of options, the call centre always says they will send someone, but the problem is just always there, it is never solved.” he stated. Residents in President Fouché Avenue also suffers in the stench of sewage overflows, with pooling sewage baking in the sun on a daily basis. Despite the wholly unhygienic situation that residents are put in during a pandemic, the health risks associated with breathing in the overpowering particle-filled stench is a major cause for concern. Some residents in President Fouché Avenue have to drive through pools of raw sewage on a daily basis, and the overflow is further exacerbated by the fact that an education facility is in close proximity to the pools of raw sewage. Several complaints have been lodged regarding the call centre at MLM, with operators allegedly claiming that the system is offline, and they are unable to provide complainants with reference numbers to their complaints. In light of this, operators request residents to make a return call to find out if the issue has been tended to. This is not the first time that residents have complained about the call centre operators, and the feeble excuses that are provided to frustrated residents. Unsurprisingly, and mostly expected by residents, MLM failed to reply to enquiries submitted by the Tribune ePaper. < Previous Article Next Article >
- ErrieUnie gee terug aan die Erries | tribune-newspaper
ErrieUnie gee terug aan die Erries 1/1 Share SM HATTINGH 24 August 2021 Daar is besluit om die skrummasjien na voormalige onderwyser en afrigter by die Erries, Jimmy Stonehouse, te vernoem omdat hy 'n reuse impak gehad het by die skool se rugby jare gelede. Die ErrieUnie streef daarna om die EHS te ondersteun op enige gebied waar nodig. Nadat 'n behoefte geïdentifiseer is, het die ErrieUnie die inisiatief geneem om 'n nuwe skrummasjien vir die hoërskool te laat bou. Die STONEHOUSE skrummasjien is op dieselfde wyse gebou as die een wat die Pumas en Springbokke huidiglik gebruik. Daar is besluit om die skrummasjien na voormalige onderwyser en afrigter by die Erries, Jimmy Stonehouse, te vernoem omdat hy 'n reuse impak gehad het by die skool se rugby jare gelede. Hy was ook die skakel tussen die ErrieUnie en MES (Mobile Engineering Services) wat die masjien gebou het. Dit sal definitief 'n aanwins wees vir die rugby vir nog baie jare. “Baie dankie aan al die ErrieUnie lede, wie se bydraes projekte soos hierdie moontlik maak.” < Previous Article Next Article >
- Liggies tree uit as Noordvaal Kampioene 2022
They make history as the first Ligbron boy's team to win this prestigious trophy. Liggies tree uit as Noordvaal Kampioene 2022 1/1 Share SM HATTINGH 10 August 2022 They make history as the first Ligbron boy's team to win this prestigious trophy. Geskiedenis is Saterdag gemaak - die eerste seunshokkiespan van Ligbron wat as Noordvaal Kampioene gekroon word! Ligbron wen 2-0 teen Potch Gimmies en lig die trofee met trots na bo. Dié span het met talent, uitstekende afrigting en baie harde werk n droomseisoen beleef. Hierdie prestasie sou ook nie moontlik gewees het sonder genade en seën van Bo nie! Die span het Monument (4-1), Dr. Malan (3-1) en Waterkloof (3-1) gewen om deur te dring na die finaal. Baie geluk aan die afrigtingspan: Vusi Nkosi en Gerhard Ebersõhn en elke speler wat slegs hul bes gegee het in elke wedstryd. Blou Masjiene! The first hockey team is the 2022 Noordvaal Champions! They make history as the first Ligbron boy's team to win this prestigious trophy. Through hard work, dedication, excellent coaching and blessings from above they've achieved greatness! Congratulations to coaches Vusi Nkosi, Gerhard Ebersõhn and every Blou Masjien in this team - the Ligbron community is so proud! Op die foto verskyn die Noordvaal Kampioene saam met Vusi Nkosi, Gerhard Ebersõhn saam met Mnr. Brand, hoof van Ligbron Akademie vir Tegnologie. (LB) < Previous Article Next Article >
- Home Affairs services suspended | tribune-newspaper
Home Affairs services suspended Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. 1/1 Share GK CRONJE 13 January 2021 The suspension of applications for ID cards, passports, and marriage services follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the Level 3 lockdown will be extended. All 20 land ports of entry are also closed until 15 February “We will not entertain an application for a smart ID unless you are a matriculant. Applications for passports, except for people falling into the categories who are permitted to travel, are suspended. Marriage services, including the solemnization and registration of marriages have been included, with immediate effect.” These were the words of Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, who has announced the suspension of applications for ID cards, passports, and marriage services to curb the spread of COVID-19. The minister stated that visits to home affairs to collect new ID cards should be restricted, unless invited via SMS to do so. Another intervention to protect home affairs officials is to change the way deaths and births are registered. “We are proposing that all births and deaths are registered at the health facilities where they took place,” Motsoaledi said. The suspension of applications for ID cards, passports, and marriage services follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the Level 3 lockdown will be extended. All 20 land ports of entry are also closed until 15 February for entry and departure until the rate of transmission has fallen sufficiently to warrant relaxing restrictions. < Previous Article Next Article >
- Revised school calender extends academic year | tribune-newspaper
Revised school calender extends academic year 1/0 Share GK CRONJE 4 August 2020 In terms of the new version of the calendar, the teaching, learning and assessment for the 2020 academic year must be concluded by 15 December 2020 for Grades R to 11. Grade 12 examinations will be completed by this time, and the grading of papers will be wrapped up by January, and results released by 23 February 2021. After much debate, the terms of the new version of the calendar will see that schools resume on 24 August 2020, with as little as 156 actual school days for pupils. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) made the announcement on Saturday. In the previous announcement, Grade 12 pupils and teachers would only take a one-week break, returning to school on 3 August, while Grade 7 pupils would go back to class on August 10 after a two-week break. “The department considered the impact of the decision on the current calendar. The policy process to amend the school calendar commenced considering the urgency of the matter as necessitated by the prevalent COVID-19 environment,” the statement read. In terms of the new version of the calendar, the teaching, learning and assessment for the 2020 academic year must be concluded by 15 December 2020 for Grades R to 11. Grade 12 examinations will be completed by this time, and the grading of papers will be wrapped up by January, and results released by 23 February 2021. The new school year will commence on 25 January 2021. Information published as stated by the DBE at time of publication < Previous Article Next Article >







