High court postpones important ruling on state of SA’s schools
Judgment was postponed on Tuesday in Equal Education’s application to compel Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to comply with the norms and standards for school infrastructure. The case‚ which was heard in the Bhisho High Court in March‚ seeks to ensure the government properly commits to meeting its own school infrastructure targets. The verdict was supposed to have been handed down on Tuesday in the Bhisho High Court‚ but Judge Bantubonke Tokota said there were still “technical” issues that needed to be dealt with. “Based on those issues the judgment has been postponed [until] Thursday.” Equal Education provincial leader Luzuko Sidimba said he was not happy with the postponement. “We were really hoping this would come to an end today. It’s unfortunate that it had to be delayed due to technical problems. This is a very important judgment‚ where South African learners will finally know their constitutional rights.” In November 2013‚ the minister of basic education published le...
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