Sasa president William Mokatsanyane told SowtanLIVE the quota was not new. 'It's been around for years‚ but it's been ignored.' David_Isaacson
The 40% quota system announced recently by SA Schools Athletics has been around for a few years‚ but had just been ignored in some areas‚ says the organisation's president.
Primary schools will compete at their national championships from March 14-16 and high schools from March 21-23. But Mokatsanyane said the maximum for high schools was actually six - having been updated in a later circular - with five merits and one previously disadvantaged.
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