The meeting was briefly interrupted by the constant repetition of an automated call-waiting message emanating from the phone of an unidentified committee member.
Comments relating to the joint meeting between the portfolio committee on basic education and select committee on education and technology, sports, arts and culture devolved into chaos on Wednesday morning as the country watched live visuals of the committee members struggling to navigate the technology they were using to conduct their virtual meeting.
Lead by basic education director-general Hubert Mweli, the initial focus of the meeting was to brief committee members of the conditions under which schools are expected to re-open in the new calendar month. However, the meeting was plagued by issues with the sound, intermittent connectivity and the general technological ineptitude of some committee members.
At some point, the meeting was briefly interrupted the constant repetition of an automated call-waiting message emanating from the phone of an unidentified committee member.
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