South Africa: Kalk Bay Principal Refuses Boy His Report

Cape Town — Fourteen-year-old Wesley Oliver of Mitchell's Plain could not enrol in a high school this year because the principal of the primary school he attended in Kalk Bay last year has not yet released his report.

"The principal said I must first pay R2 000 in outstanding school fees before I can get the report," said Latetia Oliver, an out-of-work mother of three.

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