SowetanLive reports that parents at a village school in Limpopo are demanding that senior management posts advertised last year be given to qualified officials from the school and not to outsiders, as has been the case.

They have also resolved that the Department of Basic Education must start the process to appoint a principal and two deputies for Senakwe Primary School in Senakwe village outside Modjadjiskloof from scratch. The school has 1,500 pupils. The three posts were part of six vacancies advertised last year. The unhappy parents have prevented the new appointees from starting work since the reopening of schools on 12 January. The other three posts, which are for subject heads of department, have been put on hold pending the finalisation of the disputed posts. In a letter penned by school governing body (SGB) secretary Adrian Sengwana on behalf of nearly 100 parents to the Modjadji circuit education office, they demanded as follows: “Any appointment of the senior management posts must be from our school. We are not going to accept any appointment out of our school to come and lead us.” Sengwana said the department should institute an investigation into the appointments. However, SGB chair Michael Selametsela claimed that the appointments were not yet final, but that the interview process had been done fairly. “Members of the SGB rightfully signed off the recommendations and we are satisfied with the process,” he stated.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Peter Ramothwala at SowetanLive

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