Parents queue for hours to buy school uniforms

'I have never waited five hours to get into a store'

Hundreds of parents queued outside one of the biggest school uniform stores in Pretoria yesterday in a last-minute rush ahead of schools reopening tomorrow.

At Mary’s Outfitters in the CBD, parents formed snaking queues  inside and outside the store trying to buy schoolwear and other items for their children. ..

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