EDITORIAL: Bungling of the Bela negotiations
Options for legislation make the president seem out of touch, weak and ill-informed
10 December 2024 - 05:00
Once again, President Cyril Ramaphosa is finding himself caught up in a wrangle between his ANC and the DA over controversial clauses to the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act (Bela). Some of these appear to have been self-inflicted wounds.
In October, Ramaphosa signed into law the act but suspended the implementation of two clauses which deal, respectively, with schools’ language and admissions policies. In effect, these sections empower regional education authorities to review the decisions of school governing bodies and schools’ management...
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