MEDIA RELEASE
Cheryllyn Dudley MP
2nd August 2013
Western Cape High Court judges ruled that both the reasons given for the closure of WC schools and the public consultation process that followed were inadequate.
They set aside Western Cape education minister Donald Grant's decision, made in October to go into effect from December 31.
He and his department were ordered to pay the legal costs of the schools and their governing bodies.
The ACDP welcomes the court ruling which confirms the irrational nature of the DA's actions.
The court also found the public consultation process to be an "artificial formality" that fell short of what was reasonably expected.
Grant announced last year that 27 schools faced possible closure for various reasons.
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