Parents and pupils camp outside school waiting for placement

Tembisa mother's son told to go to school in Soweto

Noxolo Sibiya Journalist

A desperate mother’s plea to have her son attend school near their home in Tembisa, has turned into an act of defiance as she camps outside Zitikeni Secondary School in hopes her child will be admitted.

Angel Mphambo’s 14-year-old son was placed at Dr Beyers Naude Secondary School in Dube, Soweto, 60km away from where they live at Matikweni Section, a short distance walk from Zitikeni Secondary...

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