Umkhuba osunesikhathi eside wokushicilela imiphumela ka-matric emaphephandabeni aseNingizimu Afrika uyabuyekezwa ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokuvezwa kweminye imniningwane eyimfihlo, lokhu kuvezwe yi-South African Information Regulator. Umlawuli uxwayise uMnyango wezeMfundo eyisiSekelo (DBE) ngokuthi ukukhipha imiphumela ngaphandle kwemvume yabafundi kuzophula umthetho iProtection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
Ngenxa yalokhu, imiphumela ka-matric ka-2024 ngeke ishicilelwe emaphephandabeni, futhi noma yikuphi ukushicilelwa kwesikhathi esizayo, kuhlanganisa nemiphumela yango-2025, kuzodinga uhlelo olusekelwe kwimvume yabafundi.
U-Nadine Mather, we-Bowmans Law Firm ekhuluma emsakazweni i-702, uyasisekela isimo somlawuli, egcizelela ukubaluleka kokuhlonipha ubumfihlo babafundi. “Sikholwa ukuthi lesi yisinyathelo esihle sokuqinisekisa ubumfihlo bedatha kanye nokuvikela imininingwane yomuntu,” kusho yena.
Nakuba abanye bephikisana ngokuthi ukushicilelwa kwemiphumela kukhuthaza ukuba sobala mayelana nokusebenza kohlelo lwezemfundo, uMather uphikisa ngokuthi izifinyezo ezijwayelekile zokwenziwa komsebenzi zinganela ngaphandle kokuveza imininingwane yomfundi ngamunye. “Lokhu kushintsha kunikeza abafundi amandla okulawula imininingwane yabo siqu,” engeza.
I-DBE isiqinisekisile inhloso yayo yokuthobela isaziso sokuphoqelela ngokunikeza imiphumela ngokuphephile nangasese kubafundi.