The deputy minister of finance has admitted that the controversial newspaper advert placed by the department of basic education was ill-conceived.
A gauntlet has been thrown to the basic education department to stop "lying" about textbook supply in Limpopo and take responsibility.
NGO Equal Education says Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s statements submitted to court on basic education rights are wrong.
Team appointed to verify Limpopo textbook deliveries will have to go back to schools after holidays, observer says.
The presidency has waded into the Limpopo textbook saga, with President Zuma establishing a ministerial task team to probe the education debacle.
The department says the delivery of textbooks to Limpopo schools, which have been without them for seven months, will be independently verified.
Lawyer for Section 27, Nikki Stein, has emerged as a driving force in publicising the textbooks debacle.
Limpopo matrics describe the hardship of learning under poor teachers and without books.
The basic education department intends to go to court over a ruling compelling it to deliver monthly reports to a non-governmental organisation.