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Judge Tuchten rules on the Limpopo textbooks case

By cindy, 6 May 2014 Posted in: Court papers, Right to Access Basic Education, Textbooks

Judgment in the Limpopo textbooks case has been handed down by Judge Neil Tuchten in the North Gauteng High Court. Please find it attached.

BEFA & Others v Min of Basic Education & Others

Tags: Judge TuchtenLimpopo Department of EducationLimpopo schoolstextbooks

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