35 years of empty promises: Authorities vow yet again to upgrade run-down Eastern Cape school
Community members came together and raised money to repair cracked walls and to do painting and replacement of broken glass windows at Nondwe Senior Secondary School in Eastern Cape .
This time they are promising temporary classrooms, even though the school management said it needed permanent structures. Provincial legislature MPLs and senior education officials visited the school on 24 January and vowed to prioritise its infrastructure upgrades but nothing was done. A former pupil at the school, Bakhusele Mathupha, who founded a local cooperative Phawu AgriPark, was one of the community members who took part in the school's renovations."We also did painting. We did not raise much money and some costs came from our own pockets. We did not do some other things we wanted to do donations," said Mathupha.
School principal Zolani Dinwa told News24 in a recent visit that the MPLs and officials didn't physically go to the school."We want a school to be built like other schools because there are no proper classrooms in our school. We are teaching kids outdoors," said Dinwa.
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