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                                                <a href="http://ewn.co.za/Contributors/thando-kubheka">Thando Kubheka</a>
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                                                    <p>JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng Education <a href="http://ewn.co.za/Topic/Panyaza-Lesufi">MEC Panyaza Lesufi</a> says the recent <a href="http://ewn.co.za/Topic/Hoerskool-Overvaal">Hoërskool Overvaal</a> Constitutional Court ruling has highlighted administrative flaws in his department.</p><p>This
 week, Lesufi lost his court battle against the Afrikaans-medium school 
after 55 English speaking pupils were denied enrollment earlier this 
year.</p><p>The Apex Court found Lesufi did not give Overvaal enough consideration on whether neighbouring English schools had the capacity.</p><p>The
 Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of Overvaal after it was taken
 to court twice by Lesufi this year over its claim that it did not have 
enough space to admit 55 English speaking pupils.</p><p>The court has 
found that Lesufi failed to prove that other nearby schools did not have
 space before enrolling the pupils at Overvaal.</p><p>Lesufi concedes there are administrative problems in his department.</p><p>This school made headlines earlier this year after protests erupted over its language policy and perceived racism.</p>
                                                    <p>(Edited by Winnie Theletsane)</p>
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<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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