Friends of South Africa Early Childhood Development Forum celebrate outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday. Photo: Joseph Bracken
About 1,000 people gathered outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court to celebrate an order to compel the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education to pay subsidies to Early Childhood Development (ECD)centres.
On Tuesday, acting Judge Jennifer Marion accepted a new draft order from the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) after the government respondents failed to appear for the proceedings, according to LRC attorney Kiara Govender.
“They’ve never set up any kind of notice to oppose. Also, they’ve not responded to our general queries,” she said.
The LRC is representing the Friends of South Africa ECD Forum and the KwaZulu-Natal Early Childhood Development Alliance.
The draft…
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