On the 20 January 2014, Michael Komape stepped out of his Grade 1 classroom to use the outside pit toilet at Mahlodumela Primary School, near Polokwane, Limpopo. His body was later found in the pit after he fell
This article was first published on GroundUp Limpopo education department: More money, same problems The department has a large budget, but still fails to deliver By Kate Paterson The Limpopo Department of Education (LDoE) has consistently been given extraordinary amounts of money and, time and time again, has failed to Continue Reading
On 29 May 2014, the South African Human Rights Commission (“SAHRC”) released its report on the Delivery of Primary Learning Materials to Schools. Although the report was due on 30 July 2013, and some of its recommendations have been overtaken by the passage of time, the non-delivery of textbooks to Continue Reading
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
16 April 2014 Johannesburg – The Limpopo textbooks case will be heard on 22 and 23 April in the North Gauteng High Court before Judge Tuchten who had previously presided over the urgent application. The case was brought by Better Education For All (BEFA) and 18 schools seeking to compel the National Department of Continue Reading
31 MARCH 2014 (JOHANNESBURG) – Almost two years after the watershed North Gauteng High Court ruling on 17 May 2012, ordering Government to ensure full delivery of textbooks to schools in Limpopo, Government will once again be compelled to explain a failure to fully deliver textbooks, this time to 39 Limpopo schools. Continue Reading
Read the founding affidavit of why Limpopo schools are going back to court over textbooks here… Limpopo textbooks – founding affidavit – 28 March 2014
With the start of the 2014 academic year, SECTION27 has been monitoring the state of textbook delivery to schools across Limpopo. While we are not able to follow up individually with each school as to whether they have received all of their textbooks for 2014, the school governing bodies (SGBs) Continue Reading
Department of Basic Education and SECTION27 find common ground on Tshinavhe Secondary School Nutrition Programme The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and SECTION27 have reached an agreement that will see the immediate restoration of the School feeding programme at Tshinavhe Secondary School in Limpopo. The School Governing Body approached SECTION27 Continue Reading
SECTION27 Press statement: Learners at Tshinavhe Secondary School without school meals for over two months 342 learners at Tshinavhe Secondary School in the Vhuronga 2 Circuit of the Vhembe District in Limpopo have not had a meal at school since the mid September. The School Governing Body of Tshinavhe Secondary Continue Reading
SECTION27 recently commissioned a case study on the Limpopo textbooks saga written by Faranaaz Veriava. “This publication documents the many facets of the case of Section 27 & Others v Minister of Education & Another (“Section 27 & Others” or commonly referred to as the “Limpopo textbook case”). It is Continue Reading
SECTION27 welcomes the decision by the Minister of Basic Education to send four senior managers to Limpopo to provide support in identified critical areas and thereby turn around the education crisis in the province.