TimesLIVE reports that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has welcomed a Limpopo High Court order dismissing a challenge to the planned opening of schools on 1 June.  

The Tebeila Institute of Leadership, Governance and Training challenged Minister Angie Motshekga's decision to reopen schools next month.  The organisation approached the court on an urgent basis, asking it to set aside the minister's decision and to stop the DBE from implementing the recovery plan for schools in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown.  "Judge Gerrit Muller dismissed the case this afternoon [Tuesday], saying that Limpopo high court had no jurisdiction over the matter," the DBE advised in a statement.  The judge indicated that the competent court would have been the North Gauteng division of the court because that was where the offices of the minister and the department were located.  The DBE also pointed out that Motshekga’s announcement proposed tentative dates only and that a final date for schools to reopen would be informed by the readiness of schools.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nomahlubi Jordaan at TimesLIVE

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