Desperate parents lined up at Flora Park Comprehensive Primary School on Wednesday afternoon to try and enroll their children at schools in Polokwane.
POLOKWANE – Parents as well as officials from the Department of Education gathered at Flora Park Comprehensive Primary School on Wednesday afternoon to tackle the issue of late admissions in the city’s schools.
Desperate parents filled the school’s hall to try and get space in schools for their children, a week after schools opened.
Review spoke exclusively to Director Mothemane, director for the Polokwane Circuit, who says the issue is that parents want their children in their school of choice, but there is no space.
Read the full story in this week’s Review Weekend.
Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard
