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FILE: The affected institutions have officially withdrawn their application for leave to appeal a Supreme Court decision.  Picture: Saps

School closures in the western cape

School closures: Affected institutions abandon latest appeal

By Siyabonga Sesant

The schools, which planned to appeal a ruling upholding a shut down order, have abandoned legal action.

  • FILE: Education MEC Debbie Schafer. Picture: Chanel September/EWN.

    MEC wants to move on from school closures

    Debbie Schafer says her dept wants to put the school closures chapter behind them this year.

    2682 days ago
  • FILE: Parents talking to lawyer Jerald Andrews in court. Picture: EWN

    WC School closures: Education officials accused of intimidation

    A lawyer for the schools says he’s received complaints some officials have intimidated institutions.

    2683 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Education MEC Donald Grant visited Alexander Sinton High School in Crawford on 25 September 2013. Picture: Carmel Loggenberg/EWN.

    WC school closures case to resume

    The matter is expected to be heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal within the next month.

    3059 days ago
  • Parents talking to lawyer Jerald Andrews after the Western Cape High Court ruling to keep the 17 school facing closure open indefinitely. 31 July 2013 Picture: Carmel Loggenberg/EWN

    Cape schools ready to fight to stay open

    Cape schools facing closure say they’re ready to battle the MEC’s decision once again.

    3198 days ago
  • Education MEC Donald Grant briefed reporters on the possible closure of 27 institutions across the Western Cape on 20 June 2012. Picture: Malungelo Booi/EWN

    WC to appeal school closure ruling

    MEC Donald Grant has confirmed the dept will appeal the decision to keep 17 schools open.

    3200 days ago
  • Parents talking to lawyer Jerald Andrews after the Western Cape High Court ruling to keep the 17 school facing closure open indefinitely. 31 July 2013 Picture: Carmel Loggenberg/EWN

    Warning bells over school closure ruling

    Equal Education says the decision to keep 17 school facing closure open should be seen as a warning.

    3219 days ago
  • Western Cape Education MEC Donald Grant. Picture: Chanel September/EWN

    W. Cape faces future school closures

    Donald Grant says the court’s decision not to close 17 schools won’t prevent him from closing others.

    3220 days ago
  • Parents talking to lawyer Jerald Andrews after the Western Cape High Court ruling to keep the 17 school facing closure open indefinitely on 31 July, 2013. Picture: Carmel Loggenberg/EWN

    Court ruling saves 17 schools

    The provincial education department has described the ruling as a sad day for education.

    3221 days ago
  • Toilets at a Cape Town school where intruders ripped basins from the wall. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Bishop Lavis school faces another tough hurdle

    Security staff at a CT high school have gone off site due to payments issues, leaving it open to vandals.

    3363 days ago
  • Parents and teachers have welcomed the court’s ruling in the school closures case.

    School closure saga over for now

    Parents and teachers have welcomed the court’s ruling in the school closures case.

    3442 days ago
  • The parents that took the Western Cape Education MEC are happy the judge ruled in their favour.

    Judgment on school closures welcomed

    The lawyer representing 17 WC schools says they feel vindicated by the ruling.

    3443 days ago
  • FILE PICTURE: Zonnebloem Senior School is among the 27 schools facing closure in the Western Cape. Picture: Janine Willemans/EWN

    Turn of events in WC school closures

    WC Education Dept have decided to delay the closure of four schools on the Cape flats.

    3444 days ago
  • An empty classroom at Lavis Drive Primary School. Picture: Nadine Moodie/EWN

    Legal action looms over WC school closures

    The 18 schools that have been decommissioned are pressing ahead with their fight to remain open.

    3453 days ago
  • Lavis Drive Primary School is one of 20 schools that will be shutting down. Picture: Nadine Moodie/EWN

    Residents won't accept school's closure

    A principal has to turn away parents who are trying to enrol their children.

    3453 days ago
  • Dozens of ANC supporters called on Premier Helen Zille to halt the planned school closures in the Western Cape in July 2012. Picture: Chantall Presence/EWN

    Schools try to stop closure

    An interdict will be filed against the closure of 20 schools in the Western Cape.

    3468 days ago
  • Dozens of ANC supporters protested against the planned school closures in the Western Cape. Picture: Chantall Presence/EWN

    'Enforce moratorium on school closures'

    An education expert says a moratorium should be enforced before WC school are shut down.

    3494 days ago
  • Unions marched in Cape Town over the looming closure of 27 schools in the Western Cape and other Education issues. Picture: Rahima Essop/EWN.

    Anger at school closure decision

    WC Education announced that 20 WC schools will be closed at the end of 2012.

    3508 days ago
  • Dozens of ANC supporters ON 16 July 2012 called on Premier Helen Zille to halt the planned school closures in the Western Cape. Picture: Chantall Presence/EWN

    ANC to fight WC school closures

    The ANC says it is not prepared to accept that 20 Western Cape schools will close.

    3509 days ago
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