Parents face R150 yearly water fee at overcrowded, damaged South African school, awaiting government aid.

Parents at Kutsakeni Primary School in Limpopo, South Africa, must contribute R150 yearly to refill water tanks due to dried-up boreholes, affecting nearly 400 students. The school, already overcrowded and dilapidated, suffered further damage in a recent storm. Despite over a decade of appeals to the Department of Education, the school has only received three mobile classrooms in 2019, with upgrades pending.

November 14, 2024
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