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<h1 class="entry-title">Hoërskool Overvaal wins court case against Phanyaza Lesufi</h1>
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court that Lesufi had not given enough consideration on whether
neighbouring English medium schools had enough capacity to admit the
pupils.</p>
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<div class="gmail-td-post-author-name">By <a href="https://www.thesouthafrican.com/author/siviwe/">Siviwe Breakfast</a> - </div> <div class="gmail-td-post-date"><time class="entry-date gmail-updated gmail-td-module-date" datetime="2018-07-26T22:12:12+00:00">2018-07-26</time></div><div class="entry-date gmail-updated gmail-td-module-date" style="float:right">22:12</div>
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<div class="gmail-td-post-featured-image"><figure><img class="entry-thumb" src="https://www.thesouthafrican.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/0000261386-696x410.jpg" alt="Hoërskool Overvaal." title="" width="696" height="410"><figcaption class="gmail-wp-caption-text">VEREENIGING,
SOUTH AFRICA – JANUARY 18: Protestors gather outside Hoërskool Overvaal
on January 18, 2018 in Vereeniging, South Africa. Protestors were
arrested after a police van parked outside the school was petrol bombed.
(Photo by Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Felix Dlangamandla)...</figcaption></figure></div>
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<p>Gauteng education MEC, Phanyaza Lesufi’s court battle against Hoërskool Overvaal has not gone according to plan, <a href="https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-07-26-lesufi-loses-court-battle-over-afrikaans-school-he-labelled-racist/"><em>SowetanLive</em></a> reports.</p>
<p>The Afrikaans medium high school made headlines earlier in the year after 55 English pupils <a href="https://www.thesouthafrican.com/hoerskool-overvaal-protests/">were denied enrolment</a>,
stating that it had reached full capacity and could not afford to
employ a handful of English teachers who would accommodate the
prospective learners’ needs.</p>
<p>The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that Lesufi had
not given enough consideration on whether neighbouring English medium
schools such as General Smuts and Phoenix high schools, which both fall
in the same feeder zone as Hoërskool Overvaal had enough capacity to
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<p><strong>Watch: <a href="https://www.thesouthafrican.com/hoerskool-overvaal-protests/">Hoërskool Overvaal protests continue as hundreds take to streets</a></strong></p>
<h2>What happened at Hoërskool Overvaal?</h2>
<p>Hoërskool Overvaal saw the start of its first term for 2018 come
under threat as it faced protests over its language policy and perceived
racism.</p>
<p>The school had been ordered by the Gauteng Department of Education to
accept English-speaking pupils and refused, taking the matter to the
High Court and won.</p><div id="gmail-inarticle_wrapper_div"><div id="gmail-inread1_26817" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;clear:both"><div id="gmail-inread_26817" style="height:1px;overflow:hidden" class="gmail-mainAdView"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr id="gmail-zd_tr_26817"><td id="gmail-zd_td_26817" style="opacity:0"><div id="gmail-mainFrame"><div id="gmail-passbackWrapper"><div id="gmail-passbackDiv_0"><div id="gmail-passback_0" style="overflow:hidden"><div style="visibility: visible;"><div id="gmail-passback_00"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="gmail-multipleWrapper"></div></div><div id="gmail-lastFrameWrapper" style="left: -99999px; top: -99999px;"><div id="gmail-lastframe" style="overflow:hidden"></div></div><div id="gmail-mediaWrapper" style="left: -99999px; top: -99999px;"><div id="gmail-mediaframe"></div><span id="gmail-timeDuration" style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(255,255,255);width:100%;height:auto;text-align:center"></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>
<p>This saw hundreds march to the school, as the South African
Democratic Teachers’Union (Sadtu) gathered outside the school in protest
over its language policy, which it deemed as a means to exclude other
racial groups from admission.</p>
<p>Several other groups were also present at the march, as members of
the Congress of South Africa Students (Cosas), as well as the Economic
Freedom Fighters (EFF) were also accounted for, while parents and other
community members also pitched in to ensure that normal proceedings at
the school occur.</p>
<p>However, the latter was not to be as the pupils were told to stay
away from the school for a brief period for the sake of their safety.</p>
<p>One man who checked in at the school on Facebook invited the wrath of the Democratic Alliance, which <a href="https://www.thesouthafrican.com/da-incitement-charges-facebook-hoerskool-overvaal/">laid charges</a> of incitement of violence after he called on then-president, Jacob Zuma to supply arms for “one bullet, een boer”.</p>
<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.thesouthafrican.com/more-than-an-oppressors-language-reclaiming-the-hidden-history-of-afrikaans/">More than an oppressor’s language: reclaiming the hidden history of Afrikaans</a></strong></p>
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