Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Notices

Directions regarding the re-opening of schools and measures to address, prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19 in the National Department of Basic Education and Provincial Departments of Education and in all schools in the Republic of South Africa

1. Definitions

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In these directions, a word or expression bears the meaning assigned to it in the Disaster Management Act or in the Regulations, and, unless the context indicates otherwise—

"certificate"

means a certificate issued in terms of direction 11(3);

"COVID-19 essentials"

means the Basic Hygiene and Sanitation Package for each School, as contained in Appendix 1 to the DBE Guidelines;

"DBE Guidelines"

means the Department of Basic Education Guidelines on Maintaining Hygiene during Covid-19 Pandemic available on the Department of Basic Education website, accessible through the following link:

https://www.education.gov.za/Portals/0/Documents/Recovery%20plan%20page/Links%20for%20schools/guidelines-for-schools-on-maintaining-hygiene.pdf?ver=2020-06-15-091428-963;

"DBE Standard Operating Procedure"

means the Department of Basic Education Standard Operating Procedure for the Prevention, Containment and Management of COVID-19 in Schools and School Communities, available on the Department of Basic Education website, accessible through the following link:

https://www.education.gov.za/Portals/0/Documents/Recovery%20plan%20page/Links%20for%20schools/dbe-standard-operating-procedure-for-covid-19.pdf;

[Definition substituted by section 1 of Notice No. 503, GG43715, dated 15 September 2020]

"Department of Basic Education"

means the National Department of Basic Education;

"Department of Health Guidelines"

means the Guidelines for symptom monitoring and management of essential workers for COVID-19 related infection, issued by the Department of Health in April 2020, accessible through the following link:

https://www.saiosh.co.za/news/502409/Guidelines-for-symptom-monitoring-andmanagement-of-essential-workers-for-COVID-19-related-infection.htm;

"Disaster Management Act"

means the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002);

"education support centres"

means a centre that offers curricular support or extra tuition to learners;

"Head of Department"

has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the South African Schools Act;

"hostels"

means boarding houses run by a school, whether on school property or not, for the purpose of providing accommodation to learners registered at the school;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Basic Education;

"offices"

includes the Provincial Departments of Education, and the Department of Basic Education;

"official"

means—

(1)	an employee appointed by the school governing body, in terms of section 20(4) and (5) of the South African Schools Act;

(2)	a person defined as an officer in terms of section 1 of the South African Schools Act;

(3)	an educator as defined under the Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998);

(4)	a person employed in terms of the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No.103 of 1994); or

(5)	a person employed by a school board;

"parent"

means parent as defined in section 1 the South African Schools Act;

"permit"

means a permit issued in terms of direction 11(1);

"platooning"

means schools in which two separate sets of pupils use the same school building, one set in the morning and the other set in the afternoon;

"Pre-Grade R"

[Definition deleted by section 2 of Notice No. 357, GG43488, dated 29 June 2020]

"principal"

means an educator appointed or acting as the head of a school as defined in section 1 of the South African Schools Act;

"Provincial Department of Education"

means the department responsible for education in a province and includes all public schools, further education and training institutions and departmental offices in such provinces;

"Regulations"

means the Regulations made under section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act and published under Government Notice No.R.480, in Government Gazette No. 43258 of 29 April 2020, as amended under—

(a)	Government Notice No. 608, published in Government Gazette No. 43364 of 28 May 2020;

(b)	Government Notice No. 714, published in Government Gazette No. 43476 of 25 June 2020;

(c)	Government Notice No. 763, published in Government Gazette No. 43521 of 12 July 2020;

(d)	Government Notice No. 846, published in Government Gazette No. 43577 of 31 July 2020;

(e)	Government Notice No. 891, published in Government Gazette No. 43620 of 17 August 2020;

(f)	Government Notice No. 999, published in Government Gazette No. 43725 of 18 September 2020;

(g)	Government Notice No. 1053, published in Government Gazette No. 43763 of 1 October 2020;

(h)	Government Notice No. 1104, published in Government Gazette No. 43825 of 21 October 2020;

(i)	Government Notice No.1199, published in Government Gazette No. 43897 of 11 November 2020;

(j)	Government Notice No.1290, published in Government Gazette No. 43964 of 3 December 2020;

(k)	Government Notice No.1346, published in Government Gazette No. 43997 of 15 December 2020;

(l)	Government Notice No.1370, published in Government Gazette No. 44009 of 17 December 2020;

(m)	Government Notice No.1421, published in Government Gazette No. 44042 of 24 December 2020;

(n)	Government Notice No. R. 1423, published in Government Gazette No. 44044 of 29 December 2020;

(o)	Government Notice No. R. 1424, published in Government Gazette No. 44045 of 29 December 2020;

(p)	Government Notice No. R. 1435, published in Government Gazette No. 44051 of 29 December 2020; and

(q)	Government Notice No.1370, published in Government Gazette No. of 11 January 2021.

[Definition substituted by section 3 of Notice No. 18, GG44096, dated 22 January 2021]

"school"