Congress of south african students
Teacher unions condemn groups disrupting schooling
The Basic Education Department issued an appeal to parents and communities to protect schools against disruptions, as grade seven pupils returned to the...
The organisation, which has been vocal about the closure of schools since the academic year resumed last month, said pupils are being forced to choose between their lives or an education.
Cosas is one of the groups calling for schools to stay closed as the country heads towards the COVID-19 peak.
Last week, black and coloured pupils at the Blue Downs school claimed they were told they must plait their hair and are not allowed to wear afros.
On Sunday, the Department of Higher Education and Training announced that debt owed to universities by over R52,000 students would be settled.
Cosas called on communities to take the law into their own hands to punish rapists and drug dealers.