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21 June 2013 Year 23 Vol: 41
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Municipality demolishes classes By Elmon Tshikhudo The ANC, in its manifesto in 2009, identified education as one of the five key priorities, but deep in rural Limpopo, a municipality is sending a contradictory message ... This was said by shocked onlookers on Tuesday morning. More than 150 Grade 12 pupils, who are busy writing their midyear examinations, were left stranded when they found that the classes they were to write in were being demolished. The results of these examinations are extremely important because they form part of their applications to tertiary institutions The pupils at Hermain High School in Thohoyandou were supposed to write science when they arrived, only to find that workers from Thulamela Municipality had demolished the venue. Pupils who had arrived early could be seen milling around the schoolyard in a state of confusion. Some were gathered in groups, trying to figure out what could have happened. The director of the school, Ms Virginia Netswera, was
updating the pupils from time to time and also arranging for the exams to go ahead. The exams were written in venues without a roof; fortunately for them it did not rain. Netswera said she was enjoying her long weekend at home when she received a call that her school was being demolished. “I had to leave what I was doing and rushed to the school, where I found that the lock at the main gate had been broken. On entry, I was shocked to see workers on the roof of the classes,� she said. Netswera mentioned that she did not know who they were as there were no notices that the buildings would be demolished. On enquiry, she was told by the workers that they were from Thulamela Municipality and that they were told to work over the weekend as they would be paid School director Ms Virginia overtime. Netswera stands by helplessly as the - Continues on roof of the classes is being removed. page 2
Writing exams in a building without a roof, pupils wait for their examinations to start.
Security officer Mr Albert Dalana, photographed at the broken padlock. It was allegedly broken when municipal officials forced the gate open over the weekend.
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