On World Teacher’s Day yesterday, supporters of former Heathfield High principal Wesley Neumann gathered to reaffirm their support as the legal battle with the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) rages on.
Political parties, trade unions, non-governmental organisations, learners, parents among others, attended a media briefing regarding the matter, at the Wave Café Theatre in Long Street.
Guest speakers included Al Jama-ah Party leader Ganief Hendricks, United South Africa president Colleen Titus, the GOOD Party’s Brett Herron, the ANC’s Muhammad Khalid Sayed, and SA 1st forum convener and advocate Rod Solomons, among others.
Neumann had refused to reopen the school during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, following directives to do so by the department. Claims of R2.6 million spent by the WCED to deal with the matter were rejected.
Solons said:…