Spokesperson Jasper Zwane said: “Overall, grade R attendance was above 50%. We are still monitoring and hopeful that everyone will be safe in our schools.”
Other schools in the province have been open for grade Rs even before this week. These are schools that had met department's health, safety and social distancing protocols.
“A combined decision has been made by the department of health, our circuit manager, governing body and school management to close our school as from Monday July 6 to July 10, because of the shortage of staff due to confirmed Covid-19 and isolation cases,” the school said on its Facebook page, alerting its parents.
“We usually share stationary, but now that is not allowed. We will need to add to the stationary we already have,” she said. Bridget Mathunjwa, whose child is registered at a preschool in eMalahleni, said she was uncertain about her child's future.
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