The Western Cape Education Department says over 98 percent of schools in the province opened today for grades 7 and 12. Provincial Education Minister Debbie Schafer says they'll continue to engage with the schools on the process ahead. Schafer meanwhile says she has not yet received court papers from the SA Human Rights' Commission which is opposed to her department's re-opening. The department says it has spent R280 million on PPE's and cleaning materials including face masks and temperature sc

[VICTORY! ✊🏾📢🔥] Today, the Western Cape High Court ordered that the Western Cape Education Department must place all late applicants in the Metro East Education District in schools within 10 days! ✊🏾 The Western Cape Education Department has been avoiding its obligation to place learners by counting learners as "placed" if they got an automatic notification of their placement, even if the learners did not receive the notification and therefore did not enroll in a school. The learners Equal E