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As the 2025 academic year is about to begin, Wits University students, many from financially struggling households, are calling on the government to address the rising issue of financial exclusion as many students are stranded and unable to register due to outstanding debts.
The two victims had been swept about 100 meters offshore and were in difficulty in the surf zone, caught up in rip currents.
These are just a few of the questions that the matriculants of 2024 might be asking as they await results.
Nurses trained at institutions or programmes not accredited by SANC will never be allowed to practice as nurses upon completion of their studies.
South Africa’s matric results have reached a historic high, but leaders and organisations have called on political parties to avoid point-scoring and focus on practical solutions to improve education.
The announcement of the 2024 matric results comes after a strenuous battle between the Department of Education and the Information Regulator regarding the publishing of the 2024 matric results in newspapers
In her address, Minister Gwarube stressed the importance of quality education in addressing the country’s ongoing inequalities, emphasising the hope for the country’s future.
Maselesele Lalamani, a Matric Class of 2024 top achiever from Limpopo, said her difficult home situation where her unemployed mother sells snacks at her school to make ends meet, motivated her to study hard in the hope of changing her family’s situation.
The matric results will indicate whether the Class of 2024 has improved on the 82. 9% pass rate from the Class of 2023, the highest since the dawn of democracy.
A clinical psychologist has called on parents to acknowledge their children’s effort and show empathy, especially if their matric results fall short of the expectations.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube confirmed that the DBE will publish the results on January 14.
The pressure is on another level for the Matric Class of 2024, however, clinical and sports psychologist Dr Keitumetse Mashego reminds learners that failure is not the end of the road.
Build One South Africa (BOSA) has launched a petition urging Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube, to replace the 30% matric pass mark with a 50% million ahead of the highly anticipated release of the Class of 2024 matric results.
The Information Regulator said its findings revealed that the Department of Basic Education contravened various sections of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) when publishing results in newspapers, but the department insists just exam numbers will be published.
The Information Regulator got an order against the education department to not publish the results citing worries that this may potentially breach the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) of the learners.
This comes after the Information Regulator got an order against the Department of Basic Education (DBE) that the matric results not be published in newspapers to protect the learners' information.
The regulator said the department has 30-days from Monday, December 23, 2024, to pay the administrative fine, or make arrangements with the regulator to pay the administrative fine in instalments.