School closures highlight increasing inequality

President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement that schools will close again have been met with mixed reaction. 

The decision comes after unions expressed concern over schooling as South Africa reaches its COVID-19 peak.

The decision to close schools, however, only impacts public schools.

For more on this, we spoke to the Executive Director of Naptosa, Basil Manuel.
 

We also spoke to Professor Mary Metcalfe, former Education MEC, to find out whether she believes the decision to close schools were the right one. 
 

Melanie Rice also spoke to Professor Shabir Madhi, a Professor of Vaccinology at Wits, and the leader of South Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial, to find out whether the decision to close schools was informed by science.