Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the IFP, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that 139 learners have taken both the national and KwaZulu- Natal education departments and the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, to court;
2) further notes that this court action comes after no proper resolution to the matric exams cheating scandal was found, and the learners implicated but not charged were forced to put their lives on hold as their matric results were being withheld;
3) acknowledges that many of the learners are from poor and child- headed households, that they need the results to better their lives and that some of them, such as Thabo Mokoena, lost bursary opportunities because they did not have their results;
4) calls on both the national and KwaZulu-Natal education departments to finalise the investigation in order to clarify which learners are implicated in the cheating scandal and which are innocent, so that those who were not involved can receive their results and move on with their lives; and
5) further calls on both the national and KwaZulu-Natal education departments to assist those innocent learners who qualify to study not only in finding space in tertiary institutions but also in obtaining bursaries so that they do not lose the opportunity to change their lives.
Agreed to.