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Govt Dept Slams 'Fake News' About Sex Education in South Africa

The education department has said that false media reports on the Comprehensive Sexuality Education component of the Life Orientation curriculum have created "unnecessary confusion and anxiety". This comes after parents contacted the education department over a series of images spread on social media that spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said were not part of the books produced by the department.

South Africa: Fake News Hurting Debate On Comprehensive Sexuality Education - Department

News24Wire, 17 November 2019

The education department said on Sunday that fake news and false media reports were hurting the debate on the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) component of the Life… Read more »

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South Africa: Department Rejects Misleading Reports On Sexual Education

SAnews.gov.za, 18 November 2019

The Department of Basic Education has distanced itself from a series of images that have been circulated on social media in recent weeks around the issue of Comprehensive Sexuality… Read more »
South Africa: Schools Sex-ED Row Part of a Wider Culture War in Which SA Kids Are Pawns

Daily Maverick, 15 November 2019

The Department of Basic Education has released its proposed lesson plans for Comprehensive Sexuality Education online in the face of an outcry from conservative groups. All the… Read more »
South Africa: Basic Education Releases Scripted Lesson Plans to Public On Comprehensive Sexuality Education Content

Govt of SA, 13 November 2019

Basic Education Department releases scripted lesson plans to the Public to allay fears regarding Comprehensive Sexuality Education Content. Read more »
South Africa: Sex Education Does Not Sexualise Children - Department

SAnews.gov.za, 30 October 2019

The Basic Education Department (DBE) has rejected what it calls the "misrepresentation of facts regarding some of the content" in its Life Orientation subject. Read more »

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