“We will not be bullied by learners in schools. No teacher or learner should be frightened coming to school because of certain learners who want to carry their wayward behaviour towards others. The democracy we have is to be enjoyed by all. No one is above law…

The purpose of the RCL is to afford the student body, an opportunity to participate in activities that concern the learners directly or indirectly, in the functioning of the school…

MEC Motsumi during her opening of lekgotla made a stern call for participants not to make these sessions a talk show, but to bring about tangible deliverables to better the system for the benefit of North West posterity…

“We cannot condemn learners for the acts committed by the adults. These learners suffered for a long time without a proper school in this area. Now we are approaching winter and we cannot expose them to cold…

Almost 40 people from the local community are going to get temporary employment during the renovation of the school. Also the local companies are going to share the 30% stake through sub- contracting…

The primary objective for such a meeting is to revive sport in schools across the province. In many African communities Rugby and Cricket are viewed as sports for certain groups of communities whereas everyone can take part in them…

“I have called these directorates in order to understand their challenges and strengths. I have observed that our officials have capacity even to achieve great strides…

“The School Governing Body is the most critical component of the department, hence l have arranged a meeting with them. We cannot operate in isolation without the parents of learners, we need them in everything we are doing…

“As a department we are serious on the issue of improving the results. We want to see our province improving from position five to position one at the end of the year…

“On behalf of the department l take this time to congratulate all teams that came over to take part in the SASA-II games…