Thank you for that question. It is quite a simple one. According to information that has been obtained from Basa, more than 3 900 houses have been repossessed. The total monetary value of those houses is almost half a billion rand. Commissioning of study regarding single-medium public schools and dual and/or parallel-medium schools
56. Dr C P Mulder (FF Plus) asked the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether she, with reference to her reply on 22 July 2009 to question 86 and her reply on 3 August 2009 to question 451, will order an independent scientific investigation in order to establish exact figures regarding the number of (a) single-medium public schools for each of the 10 indigenous languages as well as (b) dual and/or parallel-medium schools where English is one of the mediums of instruction; if not, (i) why not and (ii) how, in light of the absence of such data, will her department determine which schools conform to the National Language Policy; if so, when?