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There is good news in store for schools and some of our most talented young athletes. The government has confirmed that non-contact sports can resume at educational venues, for both internal practices and all forms of championships and tournaments. The changes were gazetted on Wednesday by the Education Department.
According to the latest update, events can resume as long as no spectators are allowed in to watch:
“Subject to compliance with social distancing, hygiene and safety measures to prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19, non -contact sport training, inter-school non -contact sports matches, and non-contact sport-related activities and arts and culture school-based activities in schools, may resume without any spectators.”
Education Department
Angie Motshekga, when speaking to the media earlier this week, confirmed that her ministry was looking at ways to mitigate social distancing in classrooms. She suggested that body screens – sheets of plastic that can divide a space without compromising how many people can fit in a room – may be rolled out in some facilities:
“Physical distancing is very expensive for us because it means we have to cut classes in half. At a school where our DG went in KZN, they are using body screens. It is the same class of 35 and they are using screens. You just manage the movement of learners, so which means they able to have a normal timetable which is our biggest challenge now.”
Angie Motshekga