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Teaching under trees was not available.” He added that she showed them Almost 12 years have gone by a file “which proved that our school since the community of Tshiunwill be built in the 2019/20 budget gani village was promised new with 14 classrooms, an admin block, classrooms for Lwathudwa Sec24 toilets and nutrition centre”. ondary School. Tshibalo said that they went back to The school was established in Polokwane on 25 February and met 2001, with four classrooms only, Mr Senyatsi, who made the same starting from Grade 8 to 10. In promise that Ms Maswanganyi had 2003, the school accepted its first made. Grade 11s, and the next year some “We requested nine mobile Grade 12s. However, no classrooms classes, so that our pupils can be were provided, which resulted in accommodated while they are busy some classes’ being conducted building new classrooms. Unforunder the trees. tunately, this promise was not The school governing body (SGB) fulfilled. We called him to make an of the school has been submitting appointment, but he said he was requests for more classrooms since not in the office on that day. But then, with no success. when we arrived at their offices, we “The department gave us four met Mr Senyatsi in the parking bay, mobile classrooms in 2009 as a where he said he was in a hurry and temporary solution to our probreferred us to Ndebele.” lems. They promised that we would He added that they were then get classrooms in the following year. assured that they would get the Since then, the department has classrooms in the first week of been making empty promises that May. “He said they were modern have not materialized until today,” mobile classes with air conditionsaid SGB chairperson Mr Nkhethe- ing.” Tshibalo said that they agreed ni Tshibalo. with the arrangement, “but when “In 2018, we communicated with we asked about new classrooms, he the department telephonically, at said we would get them in 2020/21. which time we were given empty He said the only thing we could get promises. Early February this year, in this financial year were toilets.” we went to Polokwane where we Tshibalo said that they went back met Ms Maswanganyi, whom we to Polokwane on 21 June and that were referred to because Mr Senyat- they were informed that an order si, the director for infrastructure, for the classes had been placed “and By Ndivhuwo Musetha

they were going to be delivered before the school re-opens. Unfortunately, we have not received these classes until today”. The school has an enrolment of 669 pupils. Tshibalo said the lack of classrooms was impacting negatively on the matric results. “Overcrowding in classrooms is making it difficult for educators to teach more effectively. Pupils cannot concentrate fully during outside

classes under the trees as they are easily distracted by movements of cars and anything passing by.” He added that their concern was that the government only seemed to listen to people who resorted to destroying public property while engaging in protest marches. “As people who live in far-flung rural areas, we know the importance of the little resources we have. We are also

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aware the future of our children relies on education.” In his reaction to the situation at the school, the spokesperson for the Department of Education, Mr Sam Makondo, stated that: “As a department, there is no condition of any school we are not aware of. There is no infrastructure we are not aware of. We are addressing all challenges financial year after financial year.”

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