Matatiele school's 'huge problem' with segregation. 13 January 2019 - 00:03 By PREGA GOVENDER. Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package.

Capetonians rallied in their numbers, marching to the Western Cape Education Department, demanding justice after a 7-year-old girl was allegely sexually assaulted at a school in Matatiele, Eastern ...

MATATIELE - The Eastern Cape Department of Education is allegedly visiting independent schools in Matatiele, to inspect whether the schools are registered and meet safety standards, among others.

One of the rural schools in Matatiele, Zamokuhle Junior Secondary, has received a multimedia centre with a computer laboratory, audio centre and library as part of the initiative. The new facilities ...

CAPE TOWN - Police say the principal of the Matatiele school in the Eastern Cape, where a seven-year-old girl is believed to have been raped in 2024 is not a person of interest in their investigation.

In a scathing letter addressed to the Eastern Cape police commissioner, AfriForum’s Advocate Gerrie Nel said the police have asked for a DNA sample from the principal at whose school, Bergview ...

LOCAL businesses recently came together with the goal of building three extra classrooms at Matatiele Primary School. Last Friday, they observed the start of the construction and conducted a ...

In rural communities like Matatiele, the case of Cwecwe has touched a nerve. Image Mountains surround Matatiele, a sleepy town of about 200,000 people in the rural Eastern Cape Province.

The police have not yet been able to identify a suspect in the case of the seven-year-old Matatiele girl who was allegedly raped at her school in October last year.

Matatiele may seek a High Court interdict to stop the local government elections going ahead in the municipality, with disgruntled residents opposed to being incorporated into the Eastern Cape.

The police in Matatiele are on the alert after threats that the town could be plunged into further chaos on Tuesday. Groups for and against the town's incorporation into the Eastern Cape clashed ...