Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesDirections regarding the re-opening of schools and measures to address, prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19 in the National Department of Basic Education, all Provincial Education Departments, all Education District offices and all Schools in the Republic of South Africa6. Issuing of permits and certificates |
| (1) | In accordance with regulation 16(2)(b) and (4) of the Regulations, read with regulations 34(5) and (6) of the Regulations, movement between provinces, metropolitan areas and districts are permitted— |
| (a) | for officials and educators who have a permit that substantially corresponds with Form 2, attached to Annexure A of the Regulations, to perform an essential or permitted service during the applicable Alert Level and who have to commute to and from work on a daily basis; and |
| (b) | for learners who have been issued with a certificate that substantially corresponds with Form 3A, attached to Annexure A of the Regulations, to commute to and from school on a daily basis. |
| (2) | A permit referred to in subdirection (1) may be issued by the heads of department or a delegated official or, in the case of a school, by a principal or a person delegated by him or her. |
| (3) | The certificate referred to in subdirection (1)(b) may be issued by the principal or a delegated official. |
| (4) | The issuing of permits and certificates referred to in subdirection (1) must be done in compliance with the Regulations. |
| (5) | Officials of the Department of Basic Education, provincial education department, district offices and educators may commute between their places of residence, offices, and schools within their provincial area of work for purposes of performing permitted services upon presenting the permit referred to in subdirection (1), together with any form of identification, if requested to do so by enforcement officers. |
| (6) | A learner, other than the learner referred to in subdirection (1)(b), must be issued with a certificate, by the principal or a person delegated by him or her, on a form which corresponds to Annexure A to these directions, for purposes of travel, which states that the learner attends that specific school. |
| (7) | The certificate referred to in subdirection (6) must contain the name and address of the school and the particulars of the learner concerned. |
| (8) | A person transporting a learner to school must be issued with a permit as contemplated in regulation 34(7) of the Regulations. |
| (9) | The certificate and permit referred to in subdirections (1), (3) and (8) respectively, must be issued no later than seven days from the respective commencement dates specified for the phased in return of learners, educators and officials, as contemplated in direction 4(1). |