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C-19 Coalition lobbies for last-minute extension for relief funding for early childhood centres

The ECD sector is calling for an extension for applications for relief funding. The ECD Stimulus Relief Fund makes R496 million available to assist ECD facilities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the application process is not user friendly, leading to delays, the industry has argued. Organisations in the early childhood development (ECD) sector are calling on the government to extend the deadline for applications to the ECD Stimulus Relief Fund. The deadline for applications is Friday and the process opened on 5 February. Payments are expected to be finalised before the end of the financial year on 31 March. LIVE | The R496-million fund aims to assist ECD facilities, including crèches, day care services and nurseries, that were hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Request to have Heathfield High principal s disciplinary open to public denied

Request to have Heathfield High principal’s disciplinary open to public denied By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) and the external presiding officer have denied the request to open the disciplinary hearing of Wesley Neumann, principal of Heathfield High school, to the public. Department s spokesperson Bronagh Hammond, said internal disciplinary proceedings held in the department were confidential in nature, therefore, she was not at liberty to disclose anything at this stage. In a leaked communication allegedly sent to those who requested the hearing to be made public, an external presiding officer, Ronélle Raubenheimer, appointed by an independent contractor and the department, said the form of a disciplinary procedure was determined by the employer and schedule 2, item 7(2) sets out the authority and duties of the presiding officer.

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