Excerpt: LFN has challenged Minister Gwarube over the shocking Draft Regulation 14 that would make proof of vaccination a condition for school admission. While the Minister replied, she failed to provide the evidence behind this proposal — or commit to protecting parents’ and children’s rights before it becomes law. LFN will not allow forced vaccination by stealth, and if transparency is denied, we are ready to take this battle to the High Court.
Read these letters at the bottom of this article…
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Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) has again pressed the Minister of Basic Education, Ms. Siviwe Gwarube, of the Democratic Alliance (DA), to come clean on the controversial draft public school admission regulations.
In our first urgent letter of 12 August 2025, we demanded access to all records, reports and correspondence that informed the Department’s decision to include Regulation 14 (“Proof of Immunisation”) in the Draft Admission of Learners to Public Schools Regulations, 2025. We made it clear that no draft regulation should be published without a solid evidentiary foundation — otherwise the public has nothing real to comment on.
On 18 August 2025, the Minister replied. In her letter, she confirmed that the regulations remain a draft, will be finalised only after public comments and legal vetting, and assured that she takes public participation seriously. While LFN welcomes the acknowledgement, the Minister carefully avoided the central issue: she did not disclose the record or evidence that justified publishing Regulation 14 in the first place.
That omission prompted our follow-up letter the very same day. In it, we repeated our demand for the record, and further required a formal undertaking from the Minister: that if Regulation 14, or anything substantially similar, is implemented, at least a three-month window must be given before it takes effect. This grace period would allow parents, civil society, or any affected party to approach the courts for review before children are excluded from public schools.
To date, the Minister has not provided the requested information, nor has she committed to a grace period. Instead, the Department appears intent on pressing ahead, leaving the public blind as to what “science” or “evidence” supposedly supports such a drastic and discriminatory measure.
LFN has made it clear: if the Department continues to withhold the record, we will have no alternative but to approach the High Court, including for urgent relief to block the promulgation of Regulation 14.
This is not only about vaccines — it is about transparency, accountability, and the protection of children’s constitutional rights. The Minister’s letter shows the Department would rather reassure the public in vague terms than provide the hard evidence. LFN will not let this pass unchallenged.
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These two Letters…
