Vandals plunder and steal children’s right to education

Parents and pupils said they felt helpless watching thieves strip away their infrastructure

10 August 2021 - 08:32
By yoliswa sobuwa AND Yoliswa Sobuwa

In a presentation to the education portfolio committee last week, the Gauteng education department said 401 schools had been hit by criminals, some broken into, stripped of their infrastructure or burnt.

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