NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 341
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 08/03/2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 06/2013)
Adv A de W Alberts (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:â
(1) Whether she is aware that Afrikaans-speaking learners have been
turned away from a certain single-medium school (name
furnished), as this school offers tuition in isiXhosa only,
which has led to these learnersâ parents having to pay higher
transportation costs in order to send them to the nearest
Afrikaans school; if not,
(2) whether she will investigate these incidents; if so, what are
the relevant details;
(3) whether she will intervene and compel the school to accommodate
the Afrikaans learners, such as is the case with (a) Ermelo
High School and (b) Randburg High School; if not, (i) why not
and (ii) based on what (aa) policy and (bb) legal grounds?
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REPLIES:
1) Whether she is aware that Afrikaans-speaking learners have been turned
away from a certain single-medium school (name furnished), as this
school offers tuition in isiXhosa only, which has led to these
learnersâ parents having to pay higher transportation costs in order
to send them to the nearest Afrikaans school; if not,
No. The Minister is not aware of Afrikaans-speaking learners who have
been turned away from any isiXhosa medium public school.
2) Whether she will investigate these incidents; if so, what are the
relevant details?
Upon receiving such request, the Minister would set up a transversal team
to investigate this matter fully, following all the steps necessary to
resolve cases of this nature.
3) Whether she will intervene and compel the school to accommodate the
Afrikaans learners, such as is the case with (a) Ermelo High School and
(b) Randburg High School; if not, (i) why not and (ii) based on what (aa)
policy and (bb) legal grounds?
The Ministerâs intervention will be based on a full investigation of the
facts of the case and compliance to all relevant policies, as well as
being considerate of any legal implications that may pertain to her
recommendations to the school.