Archive for 'Rural'

Police to intervene in school disruptions

Police to intervene in school disruptions

Left: Community members gathered at the Ras School last Friday. The department of education has now requested police intervention and protection to ensure that pupils from the old Ras School at the De Kroon squatter camp  [...]

Farming project produces first commercial crop

Farming project produces first commercial crop

Tswelopele, a new community farming project launched at the Bekker Primary School in May this year has successfully produced its first commercial crop. In a small-scale test run of what is to come, the community farm [...]

Schools can win thousands by gardening

Schools can win thousands by gardening

Left: Pupils are being taught by EduPlant to become self-reliant. Schools across the country that grow their own permaculture gardens could stand a chance of winning up to R25 000 by entering their food gardens into the 2012 [...]

No transport, no school

No transport, no school

Left: Pupils of the Re-E-Lewele School and their parents marching on Monday. Parents, members of the School Governing Body and pupils from the Re-E-Lwele Primary School and former Aalwyn School decided to take drastic steps on [...]