Frustration As Learner Placement Delays Continue In Gauteng

While parents continue to face the hassle of trying to get their children admitted in nearby schools , they now also have to deal with alleged officials asking them to pay bribes to secure space for their children.

Meanwhile, other parents are growing impatient at the Morningside teachers center in Sandton as today marks the third day since the academic year has started and their children are still not yet admitted.

Some of the parents whove been going to district offices to have their children placed in schools have expressed disappointment after being told to return on Monday.

A frustrated parent, Andrew Kekana, who is also struggling to get admission for his child raised concern that he was allegedly offered to pay a bribe of more than R2,500 at one of the schools in order to secure space for his child.

"In our schools there are people who are offering us space in exchange for money. When we look for space, most of our schools they admit more foreigners than South African citizens, and we pay tax to uplift these schools so they can be proper. So, Im not happy with that because now somebody asked me for a bribe and the person is a foreigner. So, I told them straight up that I cannot pay you for space in my country," says Kekana.