Articles for Marecia Damons
Deadline extended for public to comment on controversial education regulations
Schools with inadequate and unsafe sanitation are scheduled to receive appropriate toilets next year, says government
Brief | 1 July 2022
Learners march against proposal to end deadlines to fix schools
Poor and working-class communities will never know when their schools will be fixed, say education activists
News | 30 June 2022
Cape Town teacher gets five years for sexually assaulting a learner
Ayanda Ntuthu’s name will be added to the National Register of Sex Offenders
News | 21 June 2022
Officer accused of murdering a homeless man is still employed by City of Cape Town
Friends of Dumisani Joxo say there is still no justice six months after he was shot dead
News | 17 June 2022
Covid R350 grant to be paid from mid-June
Payments delayed by means testing processes
News | 6 June 2022
Activists condemn failure to act against teacher convicted of sexual assault
Ayanda Ntuthu has not been suspended. The NPA says it is the education department’s responsibility to find out if its employees have been prosecuted, but there is no easy way to do this.
News | 27 May 2022
SARS workers strike for higher wages
NEHAWU and PSA have rejected an offer of a 1.4% increase. The unions are demanding a 7% increase, among other benefits
By Chris Gilili and Marecia Damons
News | 25 May 2022
SARS workers picket for salary increases ahead of nationwide strike
The tax collector says there’s no money to meet union demands but has since tabled a 1.4% increase
Brief | 24 May 2022
A Cape Town teacher sexually assaulted a learner five years ago. He’s still teaching at the school
Education department says it will consider disciplinary steps after receiving the outcome of the criminal trial from the National Prosecuting Authority
News | 23 May 2022