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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: GCIS
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: GCIS

With many poorer schools lacking the required sanitation and safety materials, unions and SGBs are demanding a postponement.

The planned reopening of schools for pupils in grades 7 and 12 tomorrow requires “divine intervention” as such a move is “reckless” and akin to an act of “criminality”, warn teacher unions and parent bodies.

And, they say, doing do will continue to perpetuate inequalities in the country.

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