SAHRC joins undocumented learner education case

The South African Human Rights Commission’s has been allowed to join a matter before the Grahamstown High Court, in which the applicants are taking the Minister of Basic Education to court to ensure the right to education for undocumented learners.

“The SAHRC is hopeful that this litigation will provide much needed clarity in relation to the scope and meaning of the right to a basic education insofar as undocumented learners are concerned,” the commission said in a statement on Tuesday night.

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