17/01/2024
BREAKING NEWS: The KwaZulu-Natal Education Department has issued a directive for all schools in the province to close.
This is just hours after they opened for the 2024 academic year.
This is due to severe weather warnings.
The South African Weather Service has issued a level 5 warning for the coastal areas of KwaZulu-Natal, as well as parts of Zululand.
In the directive, the department says a number of communities have been seriously affected and some lost family members.
This has also impacted several schools the province.
The directive instructs all principals to release learners by 1 o' clock today.