Maimane is calling on Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to reconsider her 'rushed and ill-advised decision' of reopening schools on 1 June.
Maimane is calling on Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to reconsider her ‘rushed and ill-advised decision’ of reopening schools on 1 June.
With only three days since its launch, the petition has been signed by more than 120,000 people as of Friday afternoon. This as fears are raised by teacher unions, parents and teachers over the possible spread of Covid-19 at schools. “Our proposal for schools to remain closed for a further three-month period is the most sensible choice. This will allow every school sufficient time to implement a ‘road map to reopening’ – a checklist of prerequisites that must be satisfied before any school is declared safe to reopen.”
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