By Amy Musgrave
With the deadline looming to iron out contentious clauses in the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) conflict resolution unit has agreed to bring in a group of senior multiparty leaders to resolve differences.
They include Democratic Alliance Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille and African National Congress chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli.
The GNU’s clearing house mechanism met on Wednesday to discuss the clauses, which have political parties, teacher unions and civil society divided on the way forward.
The clauses deal with mother-tongue education and single-medium schools.
According to a statement issued on Thursday by Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who serves as the Secretariat of the clearing house mechanism, the meeting was attended by most political parties who participate in the structure.
It noted the need to resolve the matter within the three months that President Cyril Ramaphosa has allocated.
The deadline is
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