Tears, fears, relief as schools reopen

Safety paramount as teachers buckle down for final push to end of year

Thousands of Eastern Cape teachers and pupils return to school on Monday — an event preceded by tears, fears and huge sighs of relief.

As pupils prepared — many somewhat reluctantly — to don their school uniforms again after a three-week-long holiday, basic education minister Angie Motshekga said the department was ready to go...

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