In the main, some schools in Limpopo and Mpumalanga also have a small proportion of schools in the 5% of schools nationally that are not ready.

In Northern Cape, those small amounts of schools are ones that need to complete the orientation process.

Western Cape is also “essentially” fully ready, except for a small proportion of schools that require repairs – they do not exceed 10 schools in total.

“Vandalised schools, which are an occurrence in all 9 provinces,” Mweli says.