Calls are mounting for schools to close down ahead of the COVID-19 peak. Another teacher union, the National Teachers Union, NATU, and student body the Congress of South African Students, COSAS have reiterated the call they had made previously that schools shouldn't amid the pandemic except for the matric class of 2020. This comes after the South African Democratic Teachers Union, SADTU called for the closure of all schools until after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thabile Mbhele reports…

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