South Africa
#CoronavirusSA: All govt schools to close for four weeks─── 07:00 Fri, 24 Jul 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa/Photo: Flickr
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that all public schools will close for four weeks from 27 July to 24 August.
Grade 12 teachers and pupils will get a one week break, while grade 7s will only stay home for two weeks.
Ramaphosa said the academic year will extend beyond 2020.
Teacher's unions have been calling for schools to be closed for the whole of August because of the increasing COVID-19 infections.
