MEC wants to go to the Constitutional Court in the Hoërskool Overvaal language case
Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is not taking the temperate approach of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga towards the implementation of English language streams at the Afrikaans School, Hoërskool Overvaal, in Vereeniging. Instead‚ the MEC says he wants to go directly to the Constitutional Court. "Our legal team met with the National Department of Basic Education yesterday to look at the Overvaal case. We have taken a decision to approach the Constitutional Court directly. We are also filing our appeal this Friday. We believe we have good grounds to appeal this matter‚" he said on Tuesday. At the weekend‚ Motshekga took a more restrained approach‚ urging those demanding the immediate enrolment of English-speaking pupils to calmly discuss the matter. She also emphasised the need to deal with issues raised by the North Gauteng High Court. "Let’s deal with issues raised by the judge‚ and not take the matters out of context. The judge raised administrative matters‚ and let’s ...
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