Cosas threatens Limpopo school shutdown over virus concerns

Cosas in Limpopo pupils march department of education in Polokwane to demand further adjustments to the 2020 educational programmes due to Covid-19. Picture: Twitter / @CapricornFMNews

However, the Cosas members ended their march at the provincial education department headquarters when MEC Polly Boshielo failed to show up to receive their memorandum. Mahladisa, a student at a tertiary institution, said: “They have been promising things that are not there. They also demanded an awareness programme be introduced at schools around gender-based violence, scholar transport and the “nationalisation” of private schools.

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