Promised toilets, Limpopo school told to close instead
The Limpopo education department promised new sanitation blocks at Mabila Primary but delivered a notice to close instead.
The Limpopo education department promised new sanitation blocks at Mabila Primary but delivered a notice to close instead.
The floods in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces cut off schools and damaged classrooms..
All the matriculants from Silikamva High School overcame the obstacles of living in an informal settlement to pass.
Learners still face deadly pit toilets as government delays, neglect and budget cuts undermine safe sanitation.
The SGB has been applying for new classrooms since 2007.
There is one social worker for 30,000 learners in South Africa’s public schooling system.
More than 15,000 girls aged just 10 to 19 years have given birth in the Eastern Cape since April 2024, a deepening crisis of child pregnancy driven by poor health access, limited education, and systemic neglect.
The Limpopo school like many others in the province lacks decent sanitation and running water and provides no environment for learning.
The government has again failed to reach the deadline to eradicate pit latrines at schools.
Parliament’s education committee plans to visit the alleged scene of the crime at Bergview College in the coming weeks.
The minister has given Fort Hare five days to come up with an implementation plan and report on issues facing students.
It has been a problematic start to the academic year for thousands of students in East London and across the country.
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