South Africa: Task Team to Investigate Texbook Delivery Delay
President Jacob Zuma has appointed a task team to investigate the protracted delivery of textbooks to schools in Limpopo.
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South Africa:
Zuma Cracks the Whip Over Textbooks
SA Info, 4 July 2012
South African President Jacob Zuma has cracked the whip over school textbook delivery delays in the country's Limpopo province, appointing a task team to investigate, while… Read more »
President Jacob Zuma.
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South Africa:
Textbook Crisis - Culprit Officials Must Be Brought to Account
DA, 3 July 2012
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has belatedly called for the arrest of service providers who allegedly dumped and burned textbooks meant for Limpopo learners. Read more »
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South Africa:
Limpopo Textbook Shortages Linger
SAPA, 2 July 2012
Service providers who allegedly dumped textbooks meant for Limpopo pupils need to be arrested, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Monday. Read more »
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South Africa:
Five Questions Minister Motshekga Must Answer About the Limpopo Textbook Crisis
DA, 1 July 2012
Reports in today's City Press raise yet more questions about the EduSolutions Limpopo textbooks tender, and Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga's handling of the textbook… Read more »
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South Africa:
Limpopo Schools Are Still Without Textbooks
DA, 29 June 2012
The Department of Basic Education was reported yesterday as saying that it had met its deadline to deliver textbooks to Limpopo schools. Read more »
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South Africa:
Limpopo Textbooks - Only the Beginning of Basic Education's Woes
Daily Maverick, 28 June 2012
Wednesday, five minutes to midnight and a phone rings in Limpopo. "Hello?", a groggy school principal answers. We know who picks up the phone because, according to the basic… Read more »
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South Africa:
Not All Books Received in Limpopo - Reports
SAPA, 28 June 2012
Schools in Limpopo had received textbooks by Thursday but not the required amounts or specified books, the SA Principals' Association said. Read more »
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South Africa:
Most Textbooks Delivered in Limpopo, Says Dept
BuaNews, 28 June 2012
About 99% of textbooks have been delivered to Grade 10 learners in Limpopo with all textbooks delivered to Grades 1, 2 and 3, says the Department of Basic Education's… Read more »
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South Africa:
Textbooks Delivered to Limpopo Schools
SAPA, 28 June 2012
The basic education department said on Thursday it had met the deadline for the delivery of textbooks to schools in Limpopo. Read more »
InFocus
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The basic education minister expressed her shock after learning of the non-delivery of textbooks for Grade 10 pupils in Limpopo. Read more »