Saints alive! Private schools get bust by department for staying open

The Gauteng education department closed two private schools on Tuesday after they defied government’s request to delay reopening until February 15.

One of the schools was St Jeff College in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, that accommodated more than 2,000 pupils from grade R to 10 in a four-storey building.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a staff member said the school had opened on January 13...