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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg \u2013 The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) and the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) threatened to close Charterhouse, a private school in Roodepoort, on Tuesday citing concerns for the safety of pupils.<\/p>\n

They accused school management of endangering children\u2019s lives by operating during a pandemic when the Department of Basic Education (DBE) requested that independent schools to also remain shut until February.<\/p>\n

Cosas and ANCYL members sang outside the school. The ANCYL\u2019s Lindokuhle Xulu confronted management, saying the school was \u201cbringing young children with weak immune system to school to kill them\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, AdvTEch School chief executive Mike Aitken denied Xulu\u2019s accusations, saying teachers had plans in place to ensure that children physically distance.<\/p>\n

Xulu said schools should be open during a pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must save lives and it can\u2019t be that some people are operating outside the mandate of government. Our view is that these private school don\u2019t respect government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are not here teaching because they want to teach our people, they are teaching because they are after profits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese kids will leave with the disease (from school) and infect their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of these families have helpers who are black, and they will go home with the disease and infect communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gauteng Department of Education spokesperson Steve Mabona, who was at the school as well, said some of the schools were operating before the government gazetted the decision to delay the reopening of schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gazette allows them to operate from February 1. We all need to toe the line and make sure we don\u2019t find ourselves in a situation where we encourage people to come to our schools and close them,\u201d Mabona said.<\/p>\n

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