Frustrated parents who claim their kids are being turned away from local schools are demanding they be prioritised over foreigners, placing pressure on principals to defuse potential tension in an already overcrowded system.
But schools surveyed by the Sunday Times say they are doing their best to accommodate all applicants, and deny claims by militant anti-foreigner groups that they are giving preference to foreign pupils.
Johannesburg mother Olwethu Fenako says if her daughter had been admitted to Rosettenville Primary, she would have been able to walk to school. Instead, after failing to secure a place, her grade 5 child schools 10km away. Transport costs R500 a month.
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