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Some institutions are, however, still closed as they have not received
proper personal protective equipment.

There’s growing concern among teachers and principals, as more children are expected to return to school next week.

Envil Wertheim, principal of Aloe High School, wrote an open letter explaining why he believes, that being back at school during a pandemic, is not working.

We spoke to Wertheim about his concerns.

The Public Servants Association in Limpopo has lifted the lid on a school neglect case.
The association says the school for disabled pupils, which is in a rural area, is not up to scratch. It says it found that the pupils have been severely neglected.

The lack of proper toilets at Ntlambela Junior Secondary School in the Eastern Cape, forced parents to keep their children at home this week.

Mbasa Khwaza has the details.

Parents should stand together to ensure that they are not exploited in these uncertain times.
This is the advice from the Competition Commission, which issued a circular, advising
governing bodies, to ensure that the cost of stationery and uniform supplies aren’t inflated.
The commission’s spokesperson, Siyabulela Makunga, has more.

A school bus driver in the Eastern Cape has been suspended for allegedly drinking on the job.
A video of the driver from the Moshesh Agricultural High School in Matatiele went viral.
It shows him drinking while a pupil is steering the bus which was full of pupils.
We spoke to the education department's spokesperson Vuyiseka Mboxela for more on this incident.

In 2017, parents and pupils,
from Pinelands High School in Cape Town,
approached the school management,
about the school's crest.
They raised concerns about some problematic symbols
in the crest, linked to South Africa's colonial past.
The school has spent the past three years engaging with the school community to create the new school crest.
Why the crest? And what are they hoping the change will bring?
We chat to the school’s principal, Dave Campbell,
for more on this.

Fresh after being given the green light to return to action contact school sport has been suspended with immediate effect.
The decision was made by the council of education ministers on Wednesday due to the rise of COVID-19 infections in schools.
Basic Education’s spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga says authorities were forced into making this tough decision due to the impact of the virus.

The Basic Education Department is meeting with provincial department heads today
to discuss the possibility of cancelling the October school holidays.
That's according to the SA Onderwysers Unie.
The Department says several options are on the
table and an announcement will be made soon.
Unions plan to fight any decision to change the school calendar.
The SA Onderwysers Unie says it's received communication from the DBE
that five days from the 4th to the 8th of October will be used to catch up on teaching time.
Chris Klopper is the union’s CEO.