Concerned Parents of Learners at Atwell Madala Senior Secondary School and Others v Government of the Eastern Cape and Others (3969/2018)
Concerned Parents of Learners at Atwell Madala Senior Secondary School and Others v Government of the Eastern Cape and Others (3969/2018) [2024] ZAECMHC 62 (13 August 2024)
The court found that while the Department of Education had previously failed to provide adequate infrastructure and address overcrowding, it had since taken concrete steps to remedy these breaches, including the provision of temporary classrooms and the submission of a comprehensive list of affected schools. The applicants did not establish a factual basis for ongoing constitutional breaches in respect of schools beyond those directly involved in the application. The court held that it was not institutionally equipped to supervise the Department's implementation of its Infrastructure Delivery…
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- Right To Basic Education
- School Infrastructure
- Structural Interdict
- Supervisory Jurisdiction
- Separation Of Powers
- Norms And Standards For Public School Infrastructure