No single moms please
(World News South Africa)

Johannesburg - A single mother´s complaint to the Gauteng Education Department about discrimination has put Saxonwold Primary School´s admissions policy under the microscope. The mom was allegedly asked invasive questions about why she was a single parent and told if she refused to answer, her child would not be admitted. Masutane Modjadji, project manager at Health-e News, e-mailed Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi about the alleged discrimination earlier this month. But it was only after an inquiry from the Saturday Star this week that the department launched a probe. This is the latest in a series of discrimination claims at schools countrywide. Last year, pupils at Pretoria High...