Department of Education agrees to provide scholar transport
Nov 7th, 2017 Video360 784 Views
KWAZULU NATAL: Moments before they were set to come before a Pietermaritzburg High Court judge, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Basic Education on Tuesday agreed to rights group Equal Education’s demand that it provide scholar transport for children at 12 schools in rural Nquthu, northern KwaZulu-Natal.
In terms of an order taken by consent, Basic Education MEC Mthandeni Dlungwana undertook to take all reasonable steps to provide the children in question with scholar transport by April 1, 2018. He also undertook to furnish the court with a report on scholar transport in KZN by that date.
Video by: Bernadette Wolhuter