A Bothasig Grade 8 pupil has missed nearly two weeks of the school year while awaiting placement. A Grade 8 learner from Bothasig has missed nearly two weeks of the 2026 school year after failing to secure placement at any of the five schools her family applied to. Her mother, Nicole Tudge, raised concerns about delays in the Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) placement process.
She said her daughter has been left with no option but to attend Bothasig High School, a school that was not among their preferred choices and which only opened in January 2022. She maintains that the school was never included in her top five applications and that the late offer has caused significant emotional distress for her child. The schools that they applied to were Fairbairn College, Milnerton High School, Edgemead High School, Bosmansdam High School, and Tygerberg High School. Tudge said she visited the district office on December 9, 2025, and again on Monday, January 12, where she waited for several hours and was repeatedly told to wait for the first week or first ten days of the school term for assistance.
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