Education activist calls for clarity on undocumented children in Gauteng schools [SOUND]

# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, is calling on Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane to urgently clarify whether undocumented learners will be accommodated in the province’s online admissions process for the 2026 academic year. Online applications for Grade 1 and Grade 8 admissions will open on Thursday. Makaneta says the message about documentation risks creating confusion and panic among thousands of parents and caregivers of undocumented children: