Counting the cost: KZN needs R100m and Gauteng R53m to fix schools looted, vandalised during recent unrest
Barney Mthembu, the acting head of department, told the portfolio committee on basic education in Parliament on Tuesday that 144 schools had been looted and vandalised in the province.
However, Mthembu said initially the department had information that 137 schools and district offices were vandalised, but after a physical verification process it was established that actually 144 schools were damaged. Eight education circuit offices and three education centres were also damaged, he added.“A cost damage report showed that in some of the schools the damage could be repaired in a short time and in some it could be a matter of a year,” said Mthembu.
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