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By Zelda Venter 
2h ago
Pretoria: Gauteng High Court, Pretoria Judge Norman Davis, hearing the request to overturn the rewriting of two exams next week, questioned whether Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga ever considered what would be the least inconvenience for students when ordered the rewrite.
The judge asked why he decided they had to rewrite the two math and science articles next week and, for example, did not give them until the beginning of January to rewrite these articles.
He pointed out to defender Chris Erasmus, on behalf of the minister, that some students who stayed in hostels had returned home and others were on their way to go on vacation, while one of the applicants said that he was getting married this weekend.
“Did the minister consider all this?” He asked.
Erasmus argued that the minister had reasoned that the facts of these two works were still fresh in the memory of these students and that the least inconvenient route was for them to write next week, while the exams were still in progress. “You don’t want a student to log out and come back at a later date to rewrite the exams,” he said.
Meanwhile, defender Etienne Ferreira, representing some of the students, argued that while we are facing a second wave of Covid-19, yet another exam may prove to be a highly publicized event.
Ferreira also blamed Umalusi for making the decision that the exams should be rewritten. “Instead of being the watchdog, Umalusi started biting,” he said.
All the applicants in the four different applications have presented their arguments. The minister’s argument is presented below, followed by the argument on behalf of Umalusi.
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