{"id":38865,"date":"2026-07-06T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38865"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:16:16","slug":"zep-committee-alleges-children-being-pulled-from-sa-schools","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zep-committee-alleges-children-being-pulled-from-sa-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"ZEP committee alleges children being pulled from SA schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uSg02\">\n<div class=\"DgV2h lAKmW\">\n<div class=\"x9jfA\">\n<div class=\"body-100\">\n<div class=\"ze1hM d9vCk\">\n<div id=\"avatar-r5ou__badge\" class=\"fui-PresenceBadge r832ydo fui-Avatar__badge ___11zxnko fqa5hgp f1euv43f f1yab3r1 f1e31b4d\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"available\">The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) Coordinating Committee says thousands of school-going children from Zimbabwean families are being withdrawn from South African (SA) schools as a result of deportations, raising serious concerns about the educational futures of learners mid-curriculum.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"XbIp4 jmmB7 customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div id=\"UniqueMessageBody_46\" class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"false\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div class=\"rps_9613\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The committee is particularly concerned about the 2026 matric class and learners in Grades 7, 10 and 11, who face significant curriculum and registration barriers if they are forced to relocate to Zimbabwe now.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The committee has proposed allowing affected learners to continue studying the South African CAPS curriculum in Zimbabwe, with joint examination centres established at Beitbridge or Musina.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, National Coordinator Edward Muchatuta said neither the South African nor the Zimbabwean Department of Education had yet responded to the proposal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOn the twenty-ninth of June, the eve of the march, we did engage the ambassador of Zimbabwe, who promised to come back to us as soon as possible. We are going to try to push for a response from him. If we fail, then maybe we might be forced to engage the highest offices of both countries,\u201d Muchatuta said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16302,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-38865","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"ZEP Committee says school-going children from Zimbabwean families are being withdrawn from SA","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38866,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38865\/revisions\/38866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}