The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the Basic Education Department’s decision to order the rewrite of two leaked matric exam papers was unlawful and irregular and that it should be set aside. Several applicants, including teacher’s union Sadtu and lobby group AfriForum, launched the legal action to challenge the department. The two subjects concerned are Maths 2 and Physical Science Paper 2.

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