Delay the return of children to school
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#1
I believe that this should not happen because it will render the lockdown uselessMaryanne Meintjes (Fochville, 2020-04-29)
#5
I think the schools must stay closed virus speading to fastWillem Botha (Krugersdorp, 2020-04-29)
#6
My daughter is Type1 diabetic and is at risk of the Covid 19Hannah Le Roux (Roodepoort North, 2020-04-29)
#7
I have 3 kids at one school, taking transport home. Crowded classes and where they have to wait for transport will also be crowded of other kids taking transport, I 'll be at work they will have no proper supervision. It's winter kids get sick easily my eldest have sinusChriszell Hendricks (Cape Town, 2020-04-29)
#10
It's to risky for iyr schools to open so soon. The infection rate is still to highDonna Fisher (Gauteng, 2020-04-29)
#14
I'm signing because it is reckless of Minister Angie Motshekga and her whole department to allow mass gathering of school children when there is still a sharp rise in infections.Clement Moropodi (Kempton Park, 2020-04-29)
#17
I am not willing to endanger my children's lives! Why isn't parliament open?Mbali Nzimande Maswabi (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#18
I'm worried about the kids safety. This makes no sense.Nicola Van Staden (Roodepoort, 2020-04-29)
#20
I feel it’s too early for kids to return back to school. And it’s also not safe at allMokgaetji Lekota (Pretoria, 2020-04-29)
#24
It is not safe for children to return to school at this stageZena Buys (Port Elizabeth, 2020-04-29)
#30
Starting school without proper measures is wrongSiya Makaula (Port Elizabeth, 2020-04-29)
#33
I have a type 1 diabetic and i dont feel comfortable sending him or my gr 1 back to school.Bonita Fraser (Kleinmond, 2020-04-29)
#35
Schools should not reopen. Don't experiment with our children. Social distancing is not applicable in schools.Priya kara valabh (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#36
This is a crazy idea, very senseless. SA not even reached the top of the curve.. Not enough tests done.. A very selfish agenda.. First it was forceful CSE with the Minister of Education.. Now excited to see kids infected.. Is this a plan to push the Vaccine sooner using the innocent kids as trial?1.makes children scapegoats and sheep led to the slaughter, probably to secure school teachers salaries..
2. This renders the Lockdown, and the rules attached to it Nul and Void, then we must all go back to work, let's just go see when death comes then..
Carol Tintswalo Senokoane (Pretoria, 2020-04-29)
#37
My childrens lives is more importantLindie Van Der Schyff (Foxhville, 2020-04-29)
#38
It doesn’t make sense .. PM’s first then our children will follow suit..!Lebo Mabalane (Gauteng, 2020-04-29)
#39
My son is saver at home......leave schools closeLaurika Ludick (Gauteng, 2020-04-29)
#40
It is too early to send matrics and grade sevens back to school. Winter is coming and the number of Covid cases are going to peak in months ahead.Wanda Pringle (Gauteng, 2020-04-29)
#41
Its way too risking for a child that uses public transportation to schoolAstrid Reinhardt (capetown, 2020-04-29)
#46
Im rejecting the re opening of school.Keleabetswe Nkwe (Brits, 2020-04-29)
#47
I'm signing because if any of my children bring the virus home and I get sick there is no one to take care of my kids, as I am a single mom.Sonja Broschk (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#51
Ek gaan nie my kind se lewe in gevaar sit net om skool toe tegaan nie. Die virus gaan nog erger spry mense dra nie eens maskers nie. Ons getalle van gevale styg by die dag. So en se nee vir die opening van skoleMariska Van Schalkwyk (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#52
On what world can you allow children to go back to school and still want to maintain social distancing and a lockdown. I for one am NOT sending my children back to school.Grant Harmse (Cape Town, 2020-04-29)
#58
I honestly think it is not safe for the kids to go back to school. It puts them at a higher risk. My child's safety and health comes first.Valerie May (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#61
Infection rate increase daily in South Africa and children will always be children and want to play around each other.And.what about children who are infected already how they will attend school.
We have rural areas where toilets and system is still old they don't have right hygiene it will be good if goverment will think about those setuation
Masithembele Beyi (Khayelitsha, 2020-04-29)
#62
My children's lives are more important than the pass rate!!!!Lexy Van Der Berg (Brakpan, 2020-04-29)
#63
I dont agree with early school rush re-opening. This should be done when we are at least at level 2.Robert Lekoto (Mokopane, 2020-04-29)
#64
This is the wrong time for kids to return at the start of flu / winter?? Continue with e-learning until term 3Caroline Sorton (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#65
It is not right for the children to go to school as yetNalesh Narotham (Pietermaritzburg, 2020-04-29)
#66
My son has type 1 diabetes. I dont feel comfortable sending him to school.Rone Rottcher (Vaalpark, 2020-04-29)
#68
Its too danngerous to send out kids back to school considerimg the increasing number of infections. It will be a catastrophe if infections start spreading amongst our kidsKhairun-nisa Kader (Pietermaritzburg, 2020-04-29)
#70
They are children of the future please do not expose them to this virus!!!!! Please please reconsider the openings of schools to n later date.Farhana Naidoo (Jhb, 2020-04-29)
#73
My son is a type 1 diabeticDiane Share (Humewood extension, 2020-04-29)
#75
I have 2 school going kids and I am very worried about their safety.Aamena Surtee (Benoni, 2020-04-29)
#82
My children are too small. Don't want them to get the virus. It will be like killing them.Nicole Moodley (Roodeport, 2020-04-29)
#84
I will keep my child away 4rm school rather then him dying nd me visiting a grave 4 the rest of my lifeDonovan Welkom (Bloemfontein, 2020-04-29)
#90
I'm signing because I'm a parent and I'm concerned about my child's well being.Leena Nadas (Pietermaritzburg, 2020-04-29)
#91
U cant put kids lives at risk.yolandi botes (Benoni, 2020-04-29)
#92
Its early for kids to written to school especially when we are approaching winter in this epidemic. Its hard kids to follow instructions. I cannot stay indoors while my kids are out there during this difficult time. Kids must be allowed to go school on level onePatricia Molepo (Pretoria, 2020-04-29)
#93
I see it not safe for the kids to go back to school now as this virus is at its pick point, secondly we are in winter, whtakind of safety are they gonna get,.tnk u.
Nkosilathi Dune (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#94
Our childrens lives matter!Chantell Pretoruis (Benoni Gauteng, 2020-04-29)
#96
There is no way that children can be protected at school adequately. It is also not healthy to wear fabric masks for long periods. Give the children that do not have access to electronic online schooling worksheet packs and radio and TV school.Amanda Boniface (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#101
Im signing bcos the number of ppl who are positive goes up everyday ...and each and everyday we have death ..our kids are already over 50 in a class and they dont have enough desk to sit ..it wont be easy for them to do a social distancing .Betty Lekhuleni (Gauteng, 2020-04-29)
#102
I cant risk my child's life to go back to school. Children can recover the time they lost on education, but as parents we cant recover their lives.Nthabiseng Radebe (Sebokeng, 2020-04-29)
#104
I have 2 small children that I know will not be able to adhere to the social distancing at school due to the large number in the classroomJennifer Peters (Pietermaritzburg, 2020-04-29)
#109
Its still too early for pupils to go back to school especially in eastern Cape... people will dieSiwongiwe Mbusi (Alice, 2020-04-29)
#111
I think this is a big mistake, you are basically sending the kids to the front line in a war. This will be the most dangerous decision the government can make. Have a look at European countries, they went through this before us and the kids are only going back to school later, especially the younger ones...Russell Dippenaar (Cape Town, 2020-04-29)
#113
Children are social beings who will not understand why they cannot play with their friends. They will lose their masks and will not maintain social distancing.Ina Gericke (Benoni, 2020-04-29)
#115
I'm signing this petition because my kids arent safe at school and there is 40 kids in a class,social distancing will be hard as classrooms are small.My kids mean more than a lost year at school I refuse to put my kids at risk.No school for my kids and dont care about education as I need my kids more than them needing school.Caroline Khader (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#117
The risk of transmission at schools is just too high, both for my son and my family.Kelly Riddell (Gauteng, 2020-04-29)
#118
I don't agree .Sarolina Barnard (Despatch, 2020-04-29)
#120
I'm not gonna put my children in any risk... It's unsafe to send the kidz to school when there isn't even a cureJudy Adams (Cape town, 2020-04-29)
#121
I'm against the reopening of schoolsThandeka Kubeka (Kempton Park, 2020-04-29)
#125
A lot of these children are HIV positive, diabetic, asthmatic and a range of other health concerns and their wellbeing is being overlookedMichelle Gordon (Kzn, 2020-04-29)
#134
My child's life is far more important than opening schools at the moment. Govt needs to decontaminate school buildings, provide masks and sanitiser for each child plus sanitiser for general building and staff, provide thermal thermometers etc. It is also impossible to social distsnce at any school in SA, yet govt expect our children to place themselves in harms way when we adults have strict guidelines to follow in places of work. Education can wait a bit longer till these OHS procedures are in place. Lives, on the other hand, are not something to be tested and tried. Lives matter!Tracy Sith (Port Elizabeth, 2020-04-29)
#135
I fear for my children's safety as it seems the department does not have proper and realistic safety measures in place to prevent the spread of covid 19 in schoolsCharlene Jones (Cape town, 2020-04-29)
#136
To protect my kids as i dont agree sending them to school while the virus is spreadingCharlle Matt (Durban, 2020-04-29)
#138
I am against sending kids to school during a pandemic.Shoneez Patel (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#140
I'm signing this petition because I'm against my kids going back to schoolGift Nonyane (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#142
I am signing because i am not willing to lose any of my children i value life above anything.Taslima Africawala (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#143
I believe it is far too early to allow our children back into schools where there is overcrowding and understaffing. Not to mention the fact that most learners travel via public transport. It is far to risky to their health and the schools will not be prepared to deal with this pandemic.Liezel Seele (Nigel, 2020-04-29)
#147
I'm a teacher and feel like this virus is going to effect all of us. Let the virus calm down first and then reopen schools. Or classrooms aren't big enough for learners to sit 1 meter apart. Or learners come with overloaded taxis to school. Why do you want to open now. Our lives are more important then education. No teachers no teaching the learners. If the learners get the virus at school then the department will have another esue of parents blaming them.Anaricha Kuhn (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#148
My child is diabeticMorongwa’s Dlamini (Mbombela, 2020-04-29)
#149
Our kids are going to infect our elderly the most vulnerable. We haven't reached our peak, but Government is opening the school. Our kids are being used as experiment or research tools. I am panicking 🙆♀️🙆♂️Sylvia Mphahlele (Middleburg, 2020-04-29)
#150
Iam afraid my kids will come home positive from covid19.Mosima Kobela (Polokwane, 2020-04-29)
#152
Its unsave for my grand kids to go to shool with the Covid 19 on the rise.Johanna Minnie (Port Elizabeth, 2020-04-29)
#153
I dont believe it will be safeCornelius Van Deventer (Germiston, 2020-04-29)
#154
I don't think schools are ready for this step. Besides my daughter is Asthmatic/bronchitis I don't want to put her in danger.Thandi Leaooa (Vereeniging, 2020-04-29)
#157
I am a parent and it is not safe for my child to return to school especially as ETHEKWINI is a hotspot. Schools are not adequately prepared, this the safety of my child is at great risk.Leya Khan (Durban, 2020-04-29)
#158
I'm scared for the safety of my children is it really safe for them to go to schools?Ilse Titus (Strand, 2020-04-29)
#160
I disagree with the opening of schoolsNomsa Sebotha (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#163
Schools are not equipped to handle this virus. Children are our future, we rather loose a year of school than losing our children.Waseela Alli (Durban, 2020-04-29)
#164
Life of my son is of utmost importance than his education.Lefa Molapo (Graskop, 2020-04-29)
#170
It's not safe to return kids to school. Kids are uncontrollable especially under guard of untrained personnel.Mariri Silence (Sekhukhune, 2020-04-29)
#173
If the virus is in a school its going to spread to hundreds of household's in a dayJohn Barkel (Fochville, 2020-04-29)
#174
My child's safety is more important than education that he has a lifetime to complete. He can rather be alive with with delayed education than dead in gr4Jovanne Meyer (Strand, 2020-04-29)
#176
I have a T1 diabetic son in grade 7 and Iam not comfortable sending him back to school.Mariza O'Reilly (King William's Town, 2020-04-29)
#177
It's risky to send children back to school to become carriers of the virus back to their parents or grandparents, I have a son who usually when he has normal flu it progress to bronchitis and pneumonia and he end up being admitted by failing to breath even though its normal flu, what more if he can get corona, will his lungs cope?Lunghile Mabunda (Pretoria, 2020-04-29)
#178
Kids and educators won't be safe at school now.Emmanuel Mpho Khorommbi (Makhado, 2020-04-29)
#179
Because it's a huge risk to open schools while there is no cure for coronavirus. Learners will never adhere to social distance at school.Nelisiwe Khumalo (Benoni, 2020-04-29)
#183
Going to school will cause a drastic increase in COVID-19 cases , we need to be aware of the high risk and not open school until it's safe to do soKyle Maistry (Pietermaritzburg, 2020-04-29)
#188
How can kids go to school and we can't go to work. And 40 kids in a class ridiculousRachael Beukes (Cape Town, 2020-04-29)
#190
I don't want the children to return to school as it is too early and kids won't practice social distanceFazil Pillay (Pietermaritzburg, 2020-04-29)
#192
There is no way as a nation we can say we in lockdown have only essential people going to work yet we are prepare to send our children in the masses back to school using public transport which is high contact, being in a classroom with 30 and more learners are they going to be 1.5m apart, have all schools been sanitized? Are they kitted with PPE? Does each child have their own textbook? Will each child sit at their own desk. Winter is coming and this is a disaster waiting to happen.Yolanda Poyer (Cape Town, 2020-04-29)
#193
I do not want to send my kids to school until this virus is under control.Katrina Haniff (Gauteng, 2020-04-29)
#198
I dont want to risk my kid and baby at homeNatasha Slabbert (Boksburg, 2020-04-29)
#199
Honestly the numbers keep on increasing and you want me to send my child to school . I am not ready to bury my son. These kids don't know the importance of social distancing . They play rough tackling each other , honestly this is Won't work for kids .Victoria Sanjobo (Johannesburg, 2020-04-29)
#200
I am a concerned parentNomkhu Radebe (Pietermaritzburg, 2020-04-29)