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Legal Opinions : The framework for school governance and management


  • Administrative Justice
  • Application of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 ("POPI") as well as the Manual which is Required by PAIA
  • BELAA - Section-by-section Analyses
  • Democracy and School Governance
  • Effect of Circulars
  • Ethical Values in the Governance of School Education
  • Guide for Implementation of Education Laws Amendment Act 24 of 2005
  • Guide for the Implementation of the Education Laws Amendment Act, No. 24 of 2005 (Asset Management)
  • Guide for the Implementation of the Education Laws Amendment Act, No. 24 of 2005 (Disciplinary Proceedings)
  • Guide for the Implementation of the Education Laws Amendment Act, No. 24 of 2005 (Financial Management)
  • Guide for the Implementation of the Education Laws Amendment Act, No. 24 of 2005 (Staff Appointments)
  • Implications for Schools of the Cannabis Judgement
  • Implications of the Rivonia Matter for School Governing Bodies
  • Implications of the Welkom High School Case for School Governing Bodies
  • Integrated Teaching and the Protection of Personal Information
  • Merger of Public Schools
  • Municipal Regulations or Bylaws and their Applicability to Public Schools
  • Precedence in Legislation
  • Public Schools in SA
  • Pupils’ Councils at Public Schools
  • Rationalisation of Public Schools PS
  • School's Obligation to Provide Information to Provincial Officials
  • South African Constitutional Dispensation
  • Standards of Conduct for Governing Bodies and School Principals Compared to Standards of Conduct for Directors and Chief Executives
  • The Definition of Parent in terms of the South-African Schools Act
  • The implications of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act (BELAA) for school governing bodies
  • The implications of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act Act 15 of 2011 for Governing Bodies
  • The Role and Functions of Learner Representative Councils
  • Transfer of Schools to Department of Social Development

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