1. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) wishes to draw the attention of all public schools to the prescripts of section 38A of the South African Schools Act (SASA), 1996 (Act 84 of 1996).
2. In this vein, the attached Circular 0011/2004 and Circular 0039/2004, dated 18 February 2004 and 09 August 2004 respectively, are still applicable and should be used in conjunction with the Application Procedure as stipulated in terms of the SASA to ensure compliance.
3. Furthermore, your attention is drawn to the amendments made to the abovementioned Application Procedure, specifically point 1.4, to ensure proper management and compliance as stipulated in terms of SASA.
4. Please note that the due date for 2017 for the submission of applications in respect of section 38A is 15 December 2016. Thereafter applications must be submitted by 15 December of every year or the last Friday of that particular week, if 15 December falls on a weekend.
5. Kindly bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all relevant role players.


SIGNED: L ELY
ACTING HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2016:11:18

South African Schools Act (SASA), 1996 (Act 84 of 1996)  (size: 255 KB)
The application procedure  (size: 34 KB)
Annexure A1: School governing body application  (size: 35 KB)
Annexure A2: Application to remunerate state employees  (size: 38 KB)
Annexure A3: State employee application  (size: 22 KB)