Education and Training Act, 1979

Act 90 of 1979

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Amended by Institution of Legal Proceedings against Certain Organs of State Act, 2002

Amended by South African Schools Act, 1996

Amended by Assignment to the Provinces of Acts relating to Education, 1994

Amended by Replacement of some of the Laws on Educators, 1994

Commenced by Education and Training Act, 1979: Commencement

Published in Government Gazette 6539

Assented to

1.	Eastern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 1996-11-16 number 200
2.	Gauteng Provincial Gazette dated 1995-05-12 number 30
3.	Gauteng Provincial Gazette dated 1997-10-08 number 395
4.	Gauteng Provincial Gazette dated 1999-01-18 number 6
5.	Gauteng Provincial Gazette dated 1999-03-10 number 14
6.	Gauteng Provincial Gazette dated 2006-01-26 number 22
7.	Limpopo Provincial Gazette dated 1996-03-12 number 140
8.	Limpopo Provincial Gazette dated 2000-05-19 number 530
9.	North-West Provincial Gazette dated 2015-10-06 number 7552
10.	Northern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 1996-11-22 number 180

1.	South African Schools Act, 1996	846 citations
2.	Western Cape Colleges of Education Law
3.	Western Cape Technical Colleges Law

1.	Commissioner for Customs and Excise v Standard General Insurance Company Ltd (507/1998) [2000] ZASCA 55 (29 September 2000)
2.	Minister of Education and Training and Others v Ndlovu (114/1991) [1992] ZASCA 179 (28 September 1992)