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Parents at Mntla Primary School in Khothane village in the remote town of Ngqamakhwe, Eastern Cape, say they fear for their children’s safety.
When we visited, the municipal supplied standpipes were dry, part of a wider problem in the area. For drinking water, the school depends on a rainwater tank. The school is also without electricity after wind damage to the school’s solar panels. “I don’t think there are any schools in this province that look like ours. It’s bad. Even the department officials hardly visit this school, because they are ashamed,” she said.Nyalambisa said each year the school uses its maintenance budget to try and fix the classrooms, but it is insufficient.
One classroom is now shared by grades 4, 5, and 6, after the grade 6 classroom wall collapsed. There is a hole in the wall and there is no ceiling. One can see the sky through the holes in the roof.On our visit we met a teacher who was once a student at the school. She said the only other primary school in the area is too far away. “The road to that school passes through an open field and bushes. We would be forced to cross the river and that will be very dangerous,” said Zimingo.
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