DA spokesperson Karabo Khakhau said nobody will tell the Democratic Alliance who occupies post of Minister of Basic Education.
President Cyril Ramaphosa ’s recent announcement that he is still awaiting the outcome of deliberations on Clauses 4 and 5 of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act , before implementation can go ahead, is both disappointing and misguided.
The Bela Act was passed by Parliament in October 2023, and it was assented to by President Cyril Ramaphosa at Union Buildings on September 13, 2024. These provisions aim to correct historical inequalities where language and admissions policies were often used to exclude black learners.broadcaster Newzroom Afrika
As a party that is a constitutionalist party, a party that is pro the rule of law, we will do everything in our powerto protect South Africans if we must, to use the third arm of the State, the judiciary to test this. We are not going to just roll over and then die." , Gwarube said the conversations in South Africa about the new law has unfortunately been characterised by very polarising views.
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